diff --git a/uwsgi.ini b/uwsgi.ini
index 8dabc69c57d1bd948069f2fcb7295f76b93eeec9..6560773aae42012e2b34926642c7548e52a7b6c2 100644
--- a/uwsgi.ini
+++ b/uwsgi.ini
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
 [uwsgi]
 plugin = python3
 manage-script-name = true
-workers = %k*2
 
 uid = uffd-nginxauth
 gid = uffd-nginxauth
 
 vacuum = true
+master = true
+
+process = 2
+threads = 4
+buffer-size = 8192 ; this buffer is used for http headers and defaults to 4k
+single-interpreter = true
+need-app = true
 
 env = PYTHONIOENCODING=UTF-8
 env = LANG=en_GB.utf8