diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 22e29f0..1664430 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ RUN python manage.py collectstatic --noinput && mkdir -p /app/data
 
 EXPOSE 8000
 
-CMD ["sh", "-c", "python manage.py migrate --noinput && gunicorn diora.wsgi:application --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 --workers 2"]
+CMD ["sh", "-c", "python manage.py migrate --noinput && gunicorn diora.wsgi:application --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 --workers 4 --worker-class gevent --timeout 120"]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2f2f6eb..38524e9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ requests>=2.31
 python-dotenv>=1.0
 whitenoise>=6.6
 feedparser>=6.0
+gevent>=24.0