diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/badges-web b/inventory/group_vars/badges-web
index 4134edf1b2..43ddf53f01 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/badges-web
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/badges-web
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ freezes: false
 # 2) iptables opens enough ports for all threads for fedmsg
 # 3) roles/fedmsg/base/ declares enough fedmsg endpoints for all threads
 wsgi_fedmsg_service: tahrir
-wsgi_procs: 4
-wsgi_threads: 4
+wsgi_procs: 2
+wsgi_threads: 2
 
 tcp_ports: [ 80 ]
 
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/badges-web-stg b/inventory/group_vars/badges-web-stg
index a6e958073d..360e9e6842 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/badges-web-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/badges-web-stg
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ num_cpus: 2
 # 2) iptables opens enough ports for all threads for fedmsg
 # 3) roles/fedmsg/base/ declares enough fedmsg endpoints for all threads
 wsgi_fedmsg_service: tahrir
-wsgi_procs: 4
-wsgi_threads: 4
+wsgi_procs: 2
+wsgi_threads: 2
 
 tcp_ports: [ 80 ]