diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index e170591..cbcb8f2 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ services:
       args:
         HTTP_PROXY: '${HTTP_PROXY}'
         HTTPS_PROXY: '${HTTPS_PROXY}'
-
-    command: python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
+    #command: python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
+    command: gunicorn --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 --workers 2 -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker photic.asgi:application
     volumes:
       - .:/code
       - ${ROI_PATH}:/rois
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3262f6f..b595ba6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 Django>=3.0
 psycopg2==2.8.5
-Pillow
\ No newline at end of file
+Pillow
+gunicorn==20.1.0
+uvicorn==0.17.6
\ No newline at end of file