diff --git a/files/copr/copr-be.conf b/files/copr/copr-be.conf
index 680579b3a6..2c159cb99e 100644
--- a/files/copr/copr-be.conf
+++ b/files/copr/copr-be.conf
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ destdir=/var/lib/copr/public_html/results
 sleeptime=30
 
 # default is 8
-num_workers=5
+num_workers=8
 
 # path to log file
 # default is /var/log/copr/backend.log
diff --git a/files/copr/fe/httpd/coprs.conf b/files/copr/fe/httpd/coprs.conf
index bb0502c5f5..0cd63ea148 100644
--- a/files/copr/fe/httpd/coprs.conf
+++ b/files/copr/fe/httpd/coprs.conf
@@ -43,3 +43,22 @@ WSGISocketPrefix /var/run/wsgi
         Require all granted
     </Directory>
 </VirtualHost>
+
+<IfModule mod_status.c>
+ExtendedStatus On
+
+<Location /server-status>
+    SetHandler server-status
+    Require all denied
+    Require host localhost .redhat.com
+</Location>
+</IfModule>
+
+<IfModule mpm_prefork_module>
+    StartServers          8
+    MinSpareServers       8
+    MaxSpareServers      20
+    MaxClients          50
+    MaxRequestsPerChild   10000
+</IfModule>
+