diff --git a/services/backend/.dockerignore b/services/backend/.dockerignore
index 6886653..59d659a 100644
--- a/services/backend/.dockerignore
+++ b/services/backend/.dockerignore
@@ -183,3 +183,6 @@ Dockerfile.staticfiles
 
 # Collected static files
 static
+
+# Profile files
+*.prof
diff --git a/services/backend/Dockerfile b/services/backend/Dockerfile
index d899c1a..87eadee 100644
--- a/services/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -40,4 +40,4 @@ EXPOSE 8080
 HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=5s --start-period=5s --start-interval=2s --retries=3 \
     CMD wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://127.0.0.1:8080/health?format=json || exit 1
 
-CMD [ "opentelemetry-instrument", "--service_name", "backend-django", "--traces_exporter", "zipkin_json", "gunicorn", "config.wsgi", "--workers=8", "-b", "0.0.0.0:8080", "--access-logfile", "-", "--error-logfile", "-" ]
+CMD [ "opentelemetry-instrument", "--service_name", "backend-django", "--traces_exporter", "zipkin_json", "gunicorn", "config.wsgi", "--workers=2", "-b", "0.0.0.0:8080", "--access-logfile", "-", "--error-logfile", "-" ]