diff --git a/apiserver/.env.example b/apiserver/.env.example
index 8193b5e77..d3ad596e5 100644
--- a/apiserver/.env.example
+++ b/apiserver/.env.example
@@ -70,3 +70,6 @@ ENABLE_MAGIC_LINK_LOGIN="0"
 # Email redirections and minio domain settings
 WEB_URL="http://localhost"
 
+
+# Gunicorn Workers
+GUNICORN_WORKERS=2
diff --git a/apiserver/bin/takeoff b/apiserver/bin/takeoff
index dc25a14e2..9b09f244e 100755
--- a/apiserver/bin/takeoff
+++ b/apiserver/bin/takeoff
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ python manage.py migrate
 # Create a Default User
 python bin/user_script.py
 
-exec gunicorn -w 8 -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker plane.asgi:application --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 --max-requests 1200 --max-requests-jitter 1000 --access-logfile -
+exec gunicorn -w $GUNICORN_WORKERS -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker plane.asgi:application --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 --max-requests 1200 --max-requests-jitter 1000 --access-logfile -
diff --git a/deploy/selfhost/docker-compose.yml b/deploy/selfhost/docker-compose.yml
index 33a0f6673..c571291cf 100644
--- a/deploy/selfhost/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/deploy/selfhost/docker-compose.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ x-app-env : &app-env
     - SENTRY_DSN=${SENTRY_DSN:-""}
     - GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET=${GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET:-""}
     - DOCKERIZED=${DOCKERIZED:-1}
+      # Gunicorn Workers
+    - GUNICORN_WORKERS=${GUNICORN_WORKERS:-2}
     #DB SETTINGS
     - PGHOST=${PGHOST:-plane-db}
     - PGDATABASE=${PGDATABASE:-plane}
diff --git a/deploy/selfhost/variables.env b/deploy/selfhost/variables.env
index 1e507a54b..b12031126 100644
--- a/deploy/selfhost/variables.env
+++ b/deploy/selfhost/variables.env
@@ -61,3 +61,5 @@ MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD="secret-key"
 BUCKET_NAME=uploads
 FILE_SIZE_LIMIT=5242880
 
+# Gunicorn Workers
+GUNICORN_WORKERS=2