diff --git a/backend/manifests/vars/vars-production.yml b/backend/manifests/vars/vars-production.yml
index 733090b91f..0c97b4642c 100644
--- a/backend/manifests/vars/vars-production.yml
+++ b/backend/manifests/vars/vars-production.yml
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ cf_env_name: PRODUCTION
 env_name: prod
 service_name: production
 endpoint: app.fac.gov
-instances: 8
+instances: 16
diff --git a/bin/ops/deploy.sh b/bin/ops/deploy.sh
index c4ef507a7b..6c7a5c4463 100755
--- a/bin/ops/deploy.sh
+++ b/bin/ops/deploy.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ before_sha=$(echo "${before_data}"|xargs|cut -d'}' -f1|cut -d':' -f3|xargs)
 echo "Before SHA: ${before_sha}"
 echo "cf comand on next line:"
 echo cf push -f backend/manifests/manifest-fac.yml --vars-file backend/manifests/vars/vars-"${cfspace}".yml --strategy rolling
+# https://docs.cloudfoundry.org/devguide/deploy-apps/large-app-deploy.html#considerations
+export CF_STARTUP_TIMEOUT=10
 cf push -f backend/manifests/manifest-fac.yml --vars-file backend/manifests/vars/vars-"${cfspace}".yml --strategy rolling
 after_data=$(cf curl "/v3/apps/${appguid}/relationships/current_droplet")
 echo "After data: ${after_data}"