diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 180b1ed83..1c30aae77 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ services:
       AUTHENTIK_POSTGRESQL__NAME: ${PG_DB:-authentik}
       AUTHENTIK_POSTGRESQL__PASSWORD: ${PG_PASS}
       # AUTHENTIK_ERROR_REPORTING__ENABLED: "true"
+      # WORKERS: 2
     volumes:
       - ./media:/media
       - ./custom-templates:/templates
diff --git a/lifecycle/gunicorn.conf.py b/lifecycle/gunicorn.conf.py
index e5246bc86..1de4a1c57 100644
--- a/lifecycle/gunicorn.conf.py
+++ b/lifecycle/gunicorn.conf.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ logconfig_dict = {
 if SERVICE_HOST_ENV_NAME in os.environ:
     workers = 2
 else:
-    workers = cpu_count() * 2 + 1
+    workers = int(os.environ.get("WORKERS", cpu_count() * 2 + 1))
 threads = 4
 
 warnings.simplefilter("once")
diff --git a/website/docs/releases/2021.4.md b/website/docs/releases/2021.4.md
index 6ff02b234..15f3e0a1b 100644
--- a/website/docs/releases/2021.4.md
+++ b/website/docs/releases/2021.4.md
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ title: Release 2021.4
 
 - Deprecated Group membership has been removed.
 
+## Minor changes
+
+- You can now specify the amount of processes started in docker-compose using the `WORKERS` environment variable.
+
 ## Upgrading
 
 This release does not introduce any new requirements.