diff --git a/services/swh-deposit/entrypoint.sh b/services/swh-deposit/entrypoint.sh
--- a/services/swh-deposit/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/services/swh-deposit/entrypoint.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
     echo "starting swh-deposit server"
     exec gunicorn --bind 0.0.0.0:5006 \
                   --reload \
+                  --threads 2 \
+                  --workers 2 \
                   --log-level DEBUG \
                   --timeout 3600 \
                   swh.deposit.wsgi
diff --git a/services/swh-indexer-storage/entrypoint.sh b/services/swh-indexer-storage/entrypoint.sh
--- a/services/swh-indexer-storage/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/services/swh-indexer-storage/entrypoint.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
     echo Starting the swh-indexer-storage API server
     exec gunicorn --bind 0.0.0.0:5007 \
          --reload \
+         --threads 2 \
+         --workers 2 \
          --log-level DEBUG \
          --timeout 3600 \
          swh.indexer.storage.api.wsgi
diff --git a/services/swh-objstorage/entrypoint.sh b/services/swh-objstorage/entrypoint.sh
--- a/services/swh-objstorage/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/services/swh-objstorage/entrypoint.sh
@@ -9,12 +9,14 @@
 pip list
 
 if [ "$1" = 'shell' ] ; then
-	exec bash -i
+    exec bash -i
 else
-	echo Starting the swh-objstorage API server
+    echo Starting the swh-objstorage API server
   exec gunicorn --bind 0.0.0.0:5003 \
        --worker-class aiohttp.worker.GunicornWebWorker \
        --log-level DEBUG \
+       --threads 4 \
+       --workers 2 \
        --reload \
        --timeout 3600 \
        swh.objstorage.api.wsgi
diff --git a/services/swh-scheduler-api/entrypoint.sh b/services/swh-scheduler-api/entrypoint.sh
--- a/services/swh-scheduler-api/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/services/swh-scheduler-api/entrypoint.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
         echo Starting the swh-scheduler API server
         exec gunicorn --bind 0.0.0.0:5008 \
              --log-level DEBUG \
+             --threads 2 \
+             --workers 2 \
              --reload \
              --timeout 3600 \
              swh.scheduler.api.wsgi
diff --git a/services/swh-storage/entrypoint.sh b/services/swh-storage/entrypoint.sh
--- a/services/swh-storage/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/services/swh-storage/entrypoint.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
       echo Starting the swh-storage API server
       exec gunicorn --bind 0.0.0.0:5002 \
            --reload \
+           --threads 4 \
+           --workers 2 \
            --log-level DEBUG \
            --timeout 3600 \
            swh.storage.api.wsgi
diff --git a/services/swh-web/entrypoint.sh b/services/swh-web/entrypoint.sh
--- a/services/swh-web/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/services/swh-web/entrypoint.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
         echo "starting the swh-web server"
         exec gunicorn --bind 0.0.0.0:5004 \
+             --threads 2 \
+             --workers 2 \
              --timeout 3600 \
              swh.web.wsgi
 esac