diff --git a/pymacaron/gunicorn.py b/pymacaron/gunicorn.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/pymacaron/gunicorn.py
+++ b/pymacaron/gunicorn.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ worker_connections = 1000
 timeout = 180
 keepalive = 2
 
-max_requests = 5000
+max_requests = 2500
 max_requests_jitter = 500
 
 preload = True
Decreased max_request to force gunicorn workers to reboot twice more often

It seems we still have some sort of ressource exhaustion that makes containers
slower over time... This is an attempt at cheap remediation