diff --git a/packages/k8s/construct/api/src/api.ts b/packages/k8s/construct/api/src/api.ts
index 528887b0..07d5ea2f 100644
--- a/packages/k8s/construct/api/src/api.ts
+++ b/packages/k8s/construct/api/src/api.ts
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ export class ApiASGI
 		super(scope, id, props)
 		this.addContainer({
 			name: 'hypercorn',
-			command: ['/serve.sh', 'asgi', `--workers=${props.workers ?? 1}`],
+			command: ['/serve.sh', 'asgi', `--workers=${props.workers ?? 2}`],
 			portNumber: 5000,
 			envFrom: this.config.env.sources,
 			envVariables: this.config.env.variables,