diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/fas b/inventory/group_vars/fas
index 7d674b551e..ae9bdc8c12 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/fas
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/fas
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ num_cpus: 4
 # the host_vars/$hostname file
 
 wsgi_fedmsg_service: fas
-wsgi_procs: 5
+wsgi_procs: 8
 wsgi_threads: 5
 
 tcp_ports: [ 80, 873, 8443, 8444 ]