diff --git a/tutor/templates/build/notes/Dockerfile b/tutor/templates/build/notes/Dockerfile
index 662fa4d..c1669e0 100644
--- a/tutor/templates/build/notes/Dockerfile
+++ b/tutor/templates/build/notes/Dockerfile
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ WORKDIR /openedx/edx-notes-api
 RUN pip install -r requirements/base.txt
 
 EXPOSE 8000
-CMD gunicorn --workers=3 --name notes --bind=0.0.0.0:8000 --max-requests=1000 notesserver.wsgi:application
+CMD gunicorn --workers=2 --name notes --bind=0.0.0.0:8000 --max-requests=1000 notesserver.wsgi:application
diff --git a/tutor/templates/build/openedx/gunicorn_conf.py b/tutor/templates/build/openedx/gunicorn_conf.py
index 5e9bc10..40e6288 100644
--- a/tutor/templates/build/openedx/gunicorn_conf.py
+++ b/tutor/templates/build/openedx/gunicorn_conf.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import multiprocessing
+import os
 
-# Set the number of gunicorn workers to the number of CPU
-workers = multiprocessing.cpu_count()
+# Set the number of gunicorn workers
+workers = int(os.environ.get("GUNICORN_WORKERS", "2"))
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diff --git a/tutor/templates/build/xqueue/Dockerfile b/tutor/templates/build/xqueue/Dockerfile
index 1801ef2..559a6ed 100644
--- a/tutor/templates/build/xqueue/Dockerfile
+++ b/tutor/templates/build/xqueue/Dockerfile
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ WORKDIR /openedx/xqueue
 RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 EXPOSE 8040
-CMD gunicorn --workers=3 --name xqueue --bind=0.0.0.0:8040 --max-requests=1000 xqueue.wsgi:application
+CMD gunicorn --workers=2 --name xqueue --bind=0.0.0.0:8040 --max-requests=1000 xqueue.wsgi:application