diff --git a/run-uwsgi.sh b/run-uwsgi.sh
index 79da11df..0c33e5b6 100755
--- a/run-uwsgi.sh
+++ b/run-uwsgi.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 # requires uwsgi
 pip install uwsgi
+pip install gevent
 
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
     "uwsgi install failed"
@@ -13,8 +14,8 @@ mypath=$(cd `dirname $0` && pwd)
 
 params="$mypath/uwsgi.ini"
 
-if [ -n "$VIRTUAL_ENV" ] ; then
-    params="$params -H $VIRTUAL_ENV"
-fi
+#if [ -n "$VIRTUAL_ENV" ] ; then
+#    params="$params -H $VIRTUAL_ENV"
+#fi
 
 uwsgi $params
diff --git a/uwsgi.ini b/uwsgi.ini
index 38f79b5f..c86ee10d 100644
--- a/uwsgi.ini
+++ b/uwsgi.ini
@@ -4,10 +4,14 @@ http-socket = :8080
 endif =
 
 master = true
-processes = 10
 buffer-size = 65536
 die-on-term = true
 
+venv = $(VIRTUAL_ENV)
+
+gevent = 100
+gevent-monkey-patch =
+
 # specify config file here
 env = PYWB_CONFIG_FILE=config.yaml
 wsgi = pywb.apps.wayback