diff --git a/roles/badges/backend/templates/badges-awarder.py b/roles/badges/backend/templates/badges-awarder.py
index 5b39b5caa0..a2e0a303d6 100644
--- a/roles/badges/backend/templates/badges-awarder.py
+++ b/roles/badges/backend/templates/badges-awarder.py
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ config = {
     # We need to tell the fedmsg-hub that it should load our consumer on start.
     "fedmsg.consumers.badges.enabled": True,
 
-    "moksha.workers_per_consumer": 3,
-    "moksha.threadpool_size": 4,
+    "moksha.workers_per_consumer": 7,
+    "moksha.threadpool_size": 8,
 
     # This tells the consumer where to look for its BadgeRule definitions.  It
     # may be a relative or an absolute path on the file system.