diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 8975a393e3..77d8acca1c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 FROM docker.io/library/python:3.11-slim-bullseye
 
-ENV GUNICORN_WORKERS=1
-ENV GUNICORN_THREADS=1
-ENV GUNICORN_BIND="0.0.0.0:8000"
-ENV GUNICORN_TIMEOUT=400
-
-
 ENV CG_SQL_DATABASE_URI="sqlite:///:memory:"
 ENV CG_SECRET_KEY="key"
 
@@ -29,7 +23,7 @@ ENV TRAILBLAZER_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_AUTH_FILE="auth_file"
 
 
 WORKDIR /home/src/app
-COPY pyproject.toml poetry.lock ./ 
+COPY pyproject.toml poetry.lock gunicorn.conf.py ./
 
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir poetry \
     && poetry config virtualenvs.create false \
@@ -38,14 +32,5 @@ RUN pip install --no-cache-dir poetry \
 COPY cg ./cg
 
 CMD gunicorn \
-    --workers=$GUNICORN_WORKERS \
-    --bind=$GUNICORN_BIND  \
-    --threads=$GUNICORN_THREADS \
-    --timeout=$GUNICORN_TIMEOUT \
-    --proxy-protocol \
-    --forwarded-allow-ips="10.0.2.100,127.0.0.1" \
-    --log-syslog \
-    --access-logfile - \
-    --error-logfile - \
-    --log-level="debug" \
-    cg.server.auto:app
+    --config gunicorn.conf.py \
+    cg.server.auto:app
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gunicorn.conf.py b/gunicorn.conf.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b4b462c076
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gunicorn.conf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+bind = "0.0.0.0:8000"
+threads = 4
+timeout = 400
+loglevel = "debug"
+protocol = "proxy"
+syslog = True
+forwarded_allow_ips = "10.0.2.100,127.0.0.1"
+accesslog = "-"
+workers = 2
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 0429cd0963..7903d670bf 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -2238,13 +2238,13 @@ test = ["covdefaults (>=2.3)", "coverage (>=7.2.7)", "coverage-enable-subprocess
 
 [[package]]
 name = "werkzeug"
-version = "3.0.3"
+version = "3.1.3"
 description = "The comprehensive WSGI web application library."
 optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.8"
+python-versions = ">=3.9"
 files = [
-    {file = "werkzeug-3.0.3-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:fc9645dc43e03e4d630d23143a04a7f947a9a3b5727cd535fdfe155a17cc48c8"},
-    {file = "werkzeug-3.0.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:097e5bfda9f0aba8da6b8545146def481d06aa7d3266e7448e2cccf67dd8bd18"},
+    {file = "werkzeug-3.1.3-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:54b78bf3716d19a65be4fceccc0d1d7b89e608834989dfae50ea87564639213e"},
+    {file = "werkzeug-3.1.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:60723ce945c19328679790e3282cc758aa4a6040e4bb330f53d30fa546d44746"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]