diff --git a/mpcontribs-api/supervisord/conf.py b/mpcontribs-api/supervisord/conf.py
index 94b71f0a1..d881ed75f 100644
--- a/mpcontribs-api/supervisord/conf.py
+++ b/mpcontribs-api/supervisord/conf.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 PRODUCTION = int(os.environ.get("PRODUCTION", "1"))
+DEFAULT_NWORKERS = 2 if PRODUCTION else 1
+NWORKERS = int(os.environ.get("NWORKERS", DEFAULT_NWORKERS))
 KG_PORT = 10100
 
 deployments = {}
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@
 kwargs = {
     "production": PRODUCTION,
     "deployments": deployments,
-    "nworkers": 2 if PRODUCTION else 1,
+    "nworkers": NWORKERS,
     "reload": int(not PRODUCTION),
     "node_env": "production" if PRODUCTION else "development",
     "flask_log_level": "INFO" if PRODUCTION else "DEBUG",
diff --git a/mpcontribs-portal/supervisord/conf.py b/mpcontribs-portal/supervisord/conf.py
index 1a8a30a95..4fb68a6d8 100644
--- a/mpcontribs-portal/supervisord/conf.py
+++ b/mpcontribs-portal/supervisord/conf.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 PRODUCTION = int(os.environ.get("PRODUCTION", "1"))
+DEFAULT_NWORKERS = 2 if PRODUCTION else 1
+NWORKERS = int(os.environ.get("NWORKERS", DEFAULT_NWORKERS))
 
 deployments = {}
 
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@
 kwargs = {
     "production": PRODUCTION,
     "deployments": deployments,
-    "nworkers": 2 if PRODUCTION else 1,
+    "nworkers": NWORKERS,
     "reload": int(not PRODUCTION),
     "node_env": "production" if PRODUCTION else "development",
     "dd_agent_host": "localhost" if PRODUCTION else "datadog",