diff --git a/docker/gunicorn_start.sh b/docker/gunicorn_start.sh
index 9ef4b7982..cafa2c7d5 100755
--- a/docker/gunicorn_start.sh
+++ b/docker/gunicorn_start.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ DJANGODIR=/var/interlegis/sapl/                    # Django project directory (*
 SOCKFILE=/var/interlegis/sapl/run/gunicorn.sock    # we will communicate using this unix socket (*)
 USER=`whoami`                                   # the user to run as (*)
 GROUP=`whoami`                                  # the group to run as (*)
-NUM_WORKERS=3                                   # how many worker processes should Gunicorn spawn (*)
+NUM_WORKERS=100                                 # how many worker processes should Gunicorn spawn (*)
                                                 # NUM_WORKERS = 2 * CPUS + 1
 TIMEOUT=300
 MAX_REQUESTS=100                                # number of requests before restarting worker