diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/bodhi/templates/deploymentconfig.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/bodhi/templates/deploymentconfig.yml
index 1cc231790c..c092c0dcae 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/bodhi/templates/deploymentconfig.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/bodhi/templates/deploymentconfig.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,11 @@ items:
         - name: bodhi-web
           image: bodhi-base:latest
           command: ["gunicorn"]
+{% if env == "staging" %}
+          args: ["--paste", "/etc/bodhi/production.ini", "-b", "0.0.0.0:8080", "-w", "4", "--log-level", "DEBUG", "-k", "gthread", "--threads", "2", "--preload", "--log-file=-"]
+{% else %}
           args: ["--paste", "/etc/bodhi/production.ini", "-b", "0.0.0.0:8080", "-w", "4", "--log-level", "DEBUG", "-t", "180", "--preload", "--log-file=-"]
+{% endif %}
           ports:
           - containerPort: 8080
 {% if env == "staging" %}