diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index 67b11bb62970ef62261b83e1adf933322de99af2..90f087405cedb845074e0b05b274d0c500b75fa0 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ COPY . .
 EXPOSE 5000
 
 # Define our command to be run when launching the container
-CMD ["gunicorn", "app:app", "-b", "0.0.0.0:5000", "--workers", "4", "--reload", "--capture-output", "--enable-stdio-inheritance", "--log-level", "DEBUG"]
+CMD ["gunicorn", "app:app", "-b", "0.0.0.0:5000", "--workers", "8", "--reload", "--capture-output", "--enable-stdio-inheritance", "--log-level", "DEBUG"]