diff --git a/gunicorn.py b/gunicorn.py
index ac727d3f0..3eb1b10f8 100644
--- a/gunicorn.py
+++ b/gunicorn.py
@@ -8,4 +8,3 @@ def numCPUs():
 bind = "127.0.0.1:8000"
 pidfile = "/tmp/gunicorn_newsblur.pid"
 workers = numCPUs() * 2 + 1
-workers = 1
diff --git a/utils/restart b/utils/restart
index 6e39fece5..7bacd0caa 100755
--- a/utils/restart
+++ b/utils/restart
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #ps aux | grep 8080 | egrep -v 'grep' | awk '{print $2}' | xargs kill; ./manage.py runfcgi method=threaded host=127.0.0.1 port=8080
-sudo /etc/init.d/gunicorn stop && sleep 1 && sudo /etc/init.d/gunicorn start &
+sudo /etc/init.d/gunicorn restart