diff --git a/docker/gunicorn/gunicorn.conf.py b/docker/gunicorn/gunicorn.conf.py
index 171ec327b0c..92beebd5681 100644
--- a/docker/gunicorn/gunicorn.conf.py
+++ b/docker/gunicorn/gunicorn.conf.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-import multiprocessing
-
-workers = multiprocessing.cpu_count() * 2 + 1
+workers = 1
 proc_name = 'rapidpro'
 default_proc_name = proc_name
 accesslog = 'gunicorn.access'