try to force monkey patching to happen first

application.py

@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 
 from __future__ import print_function
 
-from gevent import monkey
-
-monkey.patch_all()  # this has to be called before other imports or monkey patching doesn't happen
-
-
 from flask import Flask  # noqa
 from werkzeug.serving import WSGIRequestHandler  # noqa
 

gunicorn_entry.py

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from gevent import monkey
+
+monkey.patch_all()
+
+from application import application  # noqa

scripts/migrate_and_run_web.sh

@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ if [[ $CF_INSTANCE_INDEX -eq 0 ]]; then
   flask db upgrade
 fi
 
-exec newrelic-admin run-program gunicorn -c ${HOME}/gunicorn_config.py application
+exec newrelic-admin run-program gunicorn -c ${HOME}/gunicorn_config.py gunicorn_entry:application