diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index c5ba8b13..3158088a 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ ENV C3NAV_DEBUG="" \
     C3NAV_DATA_DIR="/data" \
     C3NAV_AUTOMIGRATE="yes" \
     MPLBACKEND="agg" \
-    UWSGI_WORKERS="8" \
+    UWSGI_WORKERS="4" \
     PATH="/app/env/bin/:$PATH"
 
 USER c3nav
diff --git a/docker/tileserver.dockerfile b/docker/tileserver.dockerfile
index 8e12482c..88442b3d 100644
--- a/docker/tileserver.dockerfile
+++ b/docker/tileserver.dockerfile
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ ENV C3NAV_DEBUG="" \
     C3NAV_LOGLEVEL="INFO" \
     C3NAV_DATA_DIR="/data" \
     C3NAV_RELOAD_INTERVAL="60" \
-    UWSGI_WORKERS="8"
+    UWSGI_WORKERS="4"
 
 # The following environment variables need to be set to start the tileserver
 # C3NAV_UPSTREAM_BASE