diff --git a/dallinger/experiment_server/gunicorn.py b/dallinger/experiment_server/gunicorn.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/dallinger/experiment_server/gunicorn.py
+++ b/dallinger/experiment_server/gunicorn.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class StandaloneServer(Application):
         config = get_config()
         workers = config.get("threads")
         if workers == "auto":
-            workers = str(multiprocessing.cpu_count() * 2 + 1)
+            workers = str(multiprocessing.cpu_count() + 1)
 
         host = config.get("host")
         mode = config.get("mode")
Reduce default gunicorn worker count.