diff --git a/conf/gunicorn_registry.py b/conf/gunicorn_registry.py
index c154a4711..3a7d4462b 100644
--- a/conf/gunicorn_registry.py
+++ b/conf/gunicorn_registry.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 bind = 'unix:/tmp/gunicorn_registry.sock'
-workers = 16
+workers = 8
 worker_class = 'gevent'
 timeout = 2000
 logconfig = 'conf/logging.conf'
diff --git a/conf/gunicorn_verbs.py b/conf/gunicorn_verbs.py
index 30f0bafd6..c23b3f304 100644
--- a/conf/gunicorn_verbs.py
+++ b/conf/gunicorn_verbs.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 bind = 'unix:/tmp/gunicorn_verbs.sock'
-workers = 8
+workers = 4
 timeout = 2000
 logconfig = 'conf/logging.conf'
 pythonpath = '.'