diff --git a/charts/shipyard/templates/deployment-shipyard.yaml b/charts/shipyard/templates/deployment-shipyard.yaml
index f494a0c7..28c7fe00 100644
--- a/charts/shipyard/templates/deployment-shipyard.yaml
+++ b/charts/shipyard/templates/deployment-shipyard.yaml
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ spec:
 {{ tuple $envAll $dependencies $mounts_shipyard_init | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_entrypoint_init_container" | indent 8 }}
       containers:
         - name: shipyard
+          env:
+            - name: 'SHIPYARD_API_WORKERS'
+              value: {{ .Values.conf.uwsgi.workers | quote }}
+            - name: 'SHIPYARD_API_THREADS'
+              value: {{ .Values.conf.uwsgi.threads | quote }}
           image: {{ .Values.images.tags.shipyard }}
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.images.pull_policy }}
 {{ tuple $envAll $envAll.Values.pod.resources.shipyard_api | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_resources" | indent 10 }}
diff --git a/charts/shipyard/values.yaml b/charts/shipyard/values.yaml
index ef900453..5b2d1fef 100644
--- a/charts/shipyard/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/shipyard/values.yaml
@@ -290,6 +290,9 @@ database:
     db_root_user: postgres
 
 conf:
+  uwsgi:
+    threads: 1
+    workers: 4
   policy:
     admin_required: role:admin
     workflow_orchestrator:list_actions: rule:admin_required
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 2f6475d7..19b2eea6 100644
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@
 set -ex
 
 CMD="shipyard"
-PORT="9000"
+PORT=${PORT:-9000}
+# Number of uWSGI workers to handle API request
+SHIPYARD_API_WORKERS=${SHIPYARD_API_WORKERS:-"4"}
+#Threads per worker
+SHIPYARD_API_THREADS=${SHIPYARD_API_THREADS:-"1"}
 
 if [ "$1" = 'server' ]; then
     # Start shipyard application
@@ -26,7 +30,9 @@ if [ "$1" = 'server' ]; then
         --paste config:/etc/shipyard/api-paste.ini \
         --enable-threads \
         -L \
-        --pyargv "--config-file /etc/shipyard/shipyard.conf"
+        --pyargv "--config-file /etc/shipyard/shipyard.conf" \
+        --threads $SHIPYARD_API_THREADS \
+        --workers $SHIPYARD_API_WORKERS
 else
     # Execute shipyard command
     exec ${CMD} $@