diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/tagger b/inventory/group_vars/tagger
index 94eb6c9d5c..a23d66ad34 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/tagger
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/tagger
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ num_cpus: 2
 # the host_vars/$hostname file
 
 wsgi_fedmsg_service: fedoratagger
-wsgi_procs: 6
-wsgi_threads: 6
+wsgi_procs: 2
+wsgi_threads: 2
 
 tcp_ports: [ 80 ]