diff --git a/gunicorn_config.py b/gunicorn_config.py
index b3e7ddf90..c74012969 100644
--- a/gunicorn_config.py
+++ b/gunicorn_config.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 import traceback
 
-workers = 5
+workers = 4
 worker_class = "eventlet"
 worker_connections = 256
 errorlog = "/home/vcap/logs/gunicorn_error.log"
diff --git a/manifest-api-base.yml b/manifest-api-base.yml
index e8197575f..28ca9ef5a 100644
--- a/manifest-api-base.yml
+++ b/manifest-api-base.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ env:
   CW_APP_NAME: api
   # required by cf run-task
   FLASK_APP: application.py
-  SQLALCHEMY_POOL_SIZE: 10
+  SQLALCHEMY_POOL_SIZE: 15
 
   # Credentials variables
   ADMIN_BASE_URL: null