diff --git a/roles/datagrepper/templates/datagrepper-app.conf b/roles/datagrepper/templates/datagrepper-app.conf
index 86f3ace6fa..4bc3782680 100644
--- a/roles/datagrepper/templates/datagrepper-app.conf
+++ b/roles/datagrepper/templates/datagrepper-app.conf
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/plain text/xml text/javascript text
 # Static resources for the datagrepper app.
 Alias /datagrepper/static/ /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/datagrepper/static/
 
-WSGIDaemonProcess datagrepper user=fedmsg group=fedmsg maximum-requests=50000 display-name=datagrepper processes=20 threads=1 inactivity-timeout=900
+WSGIDaemonProcess datagrepper user=fedmsg group=fedmsg maximum-requests=50000 display-name=datagrepper processes=20 threads=5 inactivity-timeout=900
 WSGISocketPrefix run/wsgi
 WSGIRestrictStdout Off
 WSGIRestrictSignal Off