diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 59b1ae77d..70ce355a9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ run-celery: ## Run celery, TODO remove purge for staging/prod
 		-A run_celery.notify_celery worker \
 		--pidfile="/tmp/celery.pid" \
 		--loglevel=INFO \
-		--pool=solo
+		--pool=gevent
+		--concurrency=20
 
 
 .PHONY: dead-code
diff --git a/app/aws/s3.py b/app/aws/s3.py
index 54c9c85a3..9c397fc1a 100644
--- a/app/aws/s3.py
+++ b/app/aws/s3.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import time
 from io import StringIO
 
 import botocore
+import gevent
 from boto3 import Session
 from flask import current_app
 
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ def get_s3_files():
         for object_key in object_keys:
             read_s3_file(bucket_name, object_key, s3res)
             count = count + 1
-            time.sleep(0.2)
+            gevent.sleep(0.2)
     except Exception:
         current_app.logger.exception(
             f"Trouble reading {object_key} which is # {count} during cache regeneration"
@@ -410,7 +411,7 @@ def get_job_from_s3(service_id, job_id):
                 )
                 retries += 1
                 sleep_time = backoff_factor * (2**retries)  # Exponential backoff
-                time.sleep(sleep_time)
+                gevent.sleep(sleep_time)
                 continue
             else:
                 # Typically this is "NoSuchKey"
diff --git a/app/celery/tasks.py b/app/celery/tasks.py
index 3a6a997b0..7cf3c0933 100644
--- a/app/celery/tasks.py
+++ b/app/celery/tasks.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import json
-import time
 
+import gevent
 from celery.signals import task_postrun
 from flask import current_app
 from requests import HTTPError, RequestException, request
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def process_job(job_id, sender_id=None):
         process_row(row, template, job, service, sender_id=sender_id)
         count = count + 1
         if count % 3 == 0:
-            time.sleep(1)
+            gevent.sleep(1)
 
     # End point/Exit point for message send flow.
     job_complete(job, start=start)
diff --git a/gunicorn_config.py b/gunicorn_config.py
index 55f946a11..fc50f4ffc 100644
--- a/gunicorn_config.py
+++ b/gunicorn_config.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import gunicorn  # noqa
 
 # This will give us a better stack trace if
 workers = 4
-worker_class = "sync"
+worker_class = "gevent"
 worker_connections = 256
 bind = "0.0.0.0:{}".format(os.getenv("PORT"))
 statsd_host = "{}:8125".format(os.getenv("STATSD_HOST"))
diff --git a/gunicorn_entry.py b/gunicorn_entry.py
index e36ab57c1..ab9a0d526 100644
--- a/gunicorn_entry.py
+++ b/gunicorn_entry.py
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
-# from gevent import monkey
+from gevent import monkey
 
-# commenting out while we disable gevent
-# monkey.patch_all()
-
-import newrelic.agent  # noqa
-
-newrelic.agent.initialize("./newrelic.ini")
+monkey.patch_all()
 
 from application import application  # noqa
diff --git a/manifest.yml b/manifest.yml
index 589c9b4a0..0c336e27a 100644
--- a/manifest.yml
+++ b/manifest.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ applications:
       - type: worker
         instances: ((worker_instances))
         memory: ((worker_memory))
-        command: newrelic-admin run-program celery -A run_celery.notify_celery worker --loglevel=INFO --pool=solo --prefetch-multiplier=2
+        command: newrelic-admin run-program celery -A run_celery.notify_celery worker --loglevel=INFO --pool=gevent --concurrency=20 --prefetch-multiplier=2
       - type: scheduler
         instances: 1
         memory: ((scheduler_memory))
diff --git a/scripts/migrate_and_run_web.sh b/scripts/migrate_and_run_web.sh
index 5f2006db3..ed999a24e 100755
--- a/scripts/migrate_and_run_web.sh
+++ b/scripts/migrate_and_run_web.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ if [[ $CF_INSTANCE_INDEX -eq 0 ]]; then
   flask db upgrade
 fi
 
-exec gunicorn -c ${HOME}/gunicorn_config.py gunicorn_entry:application
+exec newrelic-admin run-program gunicorn -c ${HOME}/gunicorn_config.py gunicorn_entry:application