diff --git a/config/gunicorn_config.py b/config/gunicorn_config.py
index a07badb3cb512d4e3f46cf91fb5fc6f43ccc64d1..384525876c989c027f0173170ac066647db23b00 100644
--- a/config/gunicorn_config.py
+++ b/config/gunicorn_config.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ bind = "127.0.0.1:{port}".format(port=GUNICORN_PORT)
 workers = multiprocessing.cpu_count()*2 + 1
 
 # Worker class
-worker_class = 'gevent'
+worker_class = 'sync'
 
 # Max requests settings - a worker restarts after handling this many
 # requests. May be useful if we have memory leak problems.