diff --git a/docker/supervisord-apache2.conf b/docker/supervisord-apache2.conf
index 421ae6e64fc2385940905545cc5fea961c3d99f3..0e0cea3f76cdbc56ce869f8e1cbea002786e51a0 100644
--- a/docker/supervisord-apache2.conf
+++ b/docker/supervisord-apache2.conf
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ redirect_stderr=true
 priority=3
 
 [program:gracedb]
-command=/usr/local/bin/gunicorn config.wsgi:application --reload --config /app/gracedb_project/config/gunicorn_config.py --error-logfile='-' --access-logfile='-'
+command=/usr/local/bin/gunicorn config.wsgi:application --reload --config /app/gracedb_project/config/gunicorn_config.py --error-logfile='-' --access-logfile='-' --keep-alive=100
 directory=/app/gracedb_project
 user=gracedb
 group=www-data