diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 869d52259d8704b93bf903531fcc1ab6d914118b..45ca0a57520fc2836eefb4bfbef4f77a8cfbaf65 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ before_script:
 build:pip:
   extends: .build
   script:
-  - pip3 install build
   - PACKAGE_VERSION="${UFFD_PACKAGE_VERSION}" python3 -m build
   artifacts:
     paths:
@@ -28,8 +27,6 @@ build:pip:
 build:apt:
   extends: .build
   script:
-    - apt update
-    - apt-get install -y python3-all debhelper python3-pip git-buildpackage
     - cp CHANGELOG debian/changelog
     - export PYBUILD_INSTALL_ARGS="--install-lib=/usr/share/uffd/ --install-scripts=/usr/share/uffd/"
     - gbp dch --ignore-branch --debian-tag=v%\(version\)s
@@ -117,7 +114,6 @@ test:package:apt:
   stage: test
   script:
   - apt -y install ./build/*.deb
-  - apt -y install curl
   - ln -s /etc/uffd/uwsgi.ini /etc/uwsgi/apps-available/uffd.ini
   - ln -s /etc/uwsgi/apps-available/uffd.ini /etc/uwsgi/apps-enabled/uffd.ini
   - service uwsgi start uffd || ( service uwsgi status uffd ; sleep 15; cat /var/log/uwsgi/app/uffd.log; )
@@ -137,7 +133,6 @@ test:package:apt:
 publish:pip:
   extends: .publish
   script:
-  - pip3 install twine
   - TWINE_USERNAME="${GITLABPKGS_USERNAME}" TWINE_PASSWORD="${GITLABPKGS_PASSWORD}" python3 -m twine upload --repository-url ${CI_API_V4_URL}/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/packages/pypi dist/*
   - TWINE_USERNAME="${PYPI_USERNAME}" TWINE_PASSWORD="${PYPI_PASSWORD}" python3 -m twine upload dist/*
   dependencies:
diff --git a/uwsgi.ini b/uwsgi.ini
index 2fc0620517ea978a8cad8f872161b1331222880c..183b56eac1107a091b327b83571a2a8139bf90f8 100644
--- a/uwsgi.ini
+++ b/uwsgi.ini
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 [uwsgi]
 plugin = python3
-env = PYTHONIOENCODING=UTF-8
-env = LANG=en_GB.utf8
-env = TZ=Europe/Berlin
-env = CONFIG_FILENAME=/etc/uffd/uffd.cfg
 manage-script-name = true
-chdir = /usr/share/uffd
-module = uffd:create_app()
+workers = %k*2
 
 uid = uffd
 gid = uffd
 
 vacuum = true
 
+env = PYTHONIOENCODING=UTF-8
+env = LANG=en_GB.utf8
+env = TZ=Europe/Berlin
+env = CONFIG_FILENAME=/etc/uffd/uffd.cfg
+chdir = /usr/share/uffd
+module = uffd:create_app()
+
 hook-pre-app = exec:FLASK_APP=uffd flask db upgrade