diff --git a/podman/deploy.sh b/podman/deploy.sh
index 8cfa8c6..74bcca1 100755
--- a/podman/deploy.sh
+++ b/podman/deploy.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ if [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
     VERSION=latest
 fi
 
+if [ -z "$WORKERS" ]; then
+    echo "WORKERS is not set in the config file, using 4"
+    WORKERS=4
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$THREADS" ]; then
+    echo "THREADS is not set in the config file, using 4"
+    THREADS=4
+fi
+
 podman pod stop TT-$TT_ENV
 podman pod rm -f TT-$TT_ENV
 podman volume rm -f TT-$TT_ENV-static
@@ -28,6 +38,8 @@ podman pod create -p $PORT:80 --name TT-$TT_ENV
 podman volume create TT-$TT_ENV-static
 
 podman run --detach --pod TT-$TT_ENV --name=TT-$TT_ENV-django \
+    --env WORKERS=${WORKERS} \
+    --env THREADS=${THREADS} \
     -v $TT_ENV_PATH/99-local.py:/secrets/settings/99-local.py:Z \
     -v $TT_ENV_PATH/private.key:/opt/userportal/private.key:Z \
     -v $TT_ENV_PATH/public.cert:/opt/userportal/public.cert:Z \
diff --git a/run-django-production.sh b/run-django-production.sh
index ae0d5f0..5ad380a 100755
--- a/run-django-production.sh
+++ b/run-django-production.sh
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ set -o nounset
 cp /secrets/settings/99-local.py /opt/userportal/userportal/settings/99-local.py
 mkdir -p /var/www/api/static
 cp -r /opt/userportal/collected-static/* /var/www/api/static/
-/opt/userportal-env/bin/gunicorn --bind :8000 --workers 1 --timeout 90 userportal.wsgi
+/opt/userportal-env/bin/gunicorn --bind :8000 --workers $WORKERS --threads $THREADS --timeout 90 userportal.wsgi