diff --git a/backend/deploy/app.yaml b/backend/deploy/app.yaml
index 84e0f60..0f26f43 100644
--- a/backend/deploy/app.yaml
+++ b/backend/deploy/app.yaml
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ runtime: python311
 entrypoint: gunicorn -w 2 -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker src.main:app
 
 #smallest instance class
-instance_class: F2
+instance_class: F1
 
 #prevents creating additional instances
 automatic_scaling:
-  min_instances: 1
-  max_instances: 16
+  min_instances: 0
+  max_instances: 2
 
 env_variables:
   PROD: true