diff --git a/deploy b/deploy
index 4789c79..fc3edc2 100755
--- a/deploy
+++ b/deploy
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ sudo service nginx stop
 echo "Starting the server..."
 cd /home/vagrant/server
 sudo service nginx start
-gunicorn --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 -w 1 "app:app"
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+gunicorn "app:app" -c /home/vagrant/scripts/gunicorn.py.ini
diff --git a/scripts/gunicorn.py.ini b/scripts/gunicorn.py.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8cdb2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/gunicorn.py.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+from multiprocessing import cpu_count
+
+bind = "0.0.0.0:8000"
+workers = cpu_count() * 2 + 1
diff --git a/server/api/__init__.py b/server/api/__init__.py
index 5b42b9b..2c4eac3 100644
--- a/server/api/__init__.py
+++ b/server/api/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-import api.models
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+import models
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diff --git a/server/app.py b/server/app.py
index 4478f59..197d279 100644
--- a/server/app.py
+++ b/server/app.py
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ from flask import Flask
 
 import config
 import json
-import sys
-
-from flask import Flask
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 app.secret_key = config.SECRET