diff --git a/helm-quarry/templates/web_deployment.yaml b/helm-quarry/templates/web_deployment.yaml
index 403550a..00439f1 100644
--- a/helm-quarry/templates/web_deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm-quarry/templates/web_deployment.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ spec:
           image: {{ .Values.web.repository }}:{{ .Values.web.tag }}
           imagePullPolicy: Always
           command: ["gunicorn"]
-          args: ["-w", "4", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:5000", "wsgi:application"]
+          # gthread seems to behave better
+          args: ["-w", "4", "-k", "gthread", "--threads", "4", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:5000", "wsgi:application"]
           readinessProbe:
             httpGet:
               path: /
diff --git a/helm-quarry/values.yaml b/helm-quarry/values.yaml
index 2dff4a0..09d037b 100644
--- a/helm-quarry/values.yaml
+++ b/helm-quarry/values.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 web:
   repository: 'quay.io/wikimedia-quarry/quarry'
-  tag: pr-112 # web tag managed by github actions
+  tag: pr-113 # web tag managed by github actions
 
   resources:
     requests:
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ web:
 
 worker:
   repository: 'quay.io/wikimedia-quarry/quarry'
-  tag: pr-112 # worker tag managed by github actions
+  tag: pr-113 # worker tag managed by github actions
   resources:
     requests:
       memory: "400Mi"