diff --git a/gunicorn_config.py b/gunicorn_config.py
index 7c2c46da3c..7c4e126c6b 100644
--- a/gunicorn_config.py
+++ b/gunicorn_config.py
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ def child_exit(server, worker):
 
 workers = 4
 worker_class = "eventlet"
-worker_connections = 8  # limit runaway greenthread creation
+worker_connections = 256  # limit runaway greenthread creation
 statsd_host = "{}:8125".format(os.getenv("STATSD_HOST"))
-keepalive = 0  # disable temporarily for diagnosing issues
+keepalive = 35  # disable temporarily for diagnosing issues
 timeout = int(os.getenv("HTTP_SERVE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS", 30))  # though has little effect with eventlet worker_class
 
 debug_post_threshold = os.getenv("NOTIFY_GUNICORN_DEBUG_POST_REQUEST_LOG_THRESHOLD_SECONDS", None)