diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 326966a5..ec2628a8 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -79,10 +79,19 @@ services:
       - gunicorn
       - --bind
       - 0.0.0.0:5001
+      # Threaded workers so one blocked request (e.g. an agent that fails the TLS
+      # handshake and retries in a loop) cannot pin a whole worker and starve the
+      # UI. With sync workers a handful of stuck clients exhausted all capacity.
+      - --worker-class
+      - gthread
       - --workers
       - "4"
+      - --threads
+      - "8"
+      # Shorter timeout so a hung connection frees its thread quickly instead of
+      # holding it for a full minute.
       - --timeout
-      - "60"
+      - "30"
       - --access-logfile
       - "-"
       - --error-logfile