diff --git a/src/uwsgi.ini b/src/uwsgi.ini
index 85b3cfd7..0ffffd98 100644
--- a/src/uwsgi.ini
+++ b/src/uwsgi.ini
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ module = wsgi:application
 # Send logs to stdout instead of file so docker picks it up and writes to AWS CloudWatch
 log-master=true
 
-# Master with 16 worker processes (based on CPU number)
+# Master with 12 worker processes (based on CPU number)
 master = true
-processes = 16
+processes = 12
 
 # Enable the multithreading within uWSGI
 # Launch the application across multiple threads inside each process
 enable-threads = True
-threads = 16
+threads = 24
 
 # Use http socket for integration with nginx running on the same machine
 socket = localhost:5000