diff --git a/config/gunicorn_config.py b/config/gunicorn_config.py
index 507ab2262366309cd10bedcf0463fd80dd04ffad..af605e29aaa808c49888a0bb54b9d47a26c623e5 100644
--- a/config/gunicorn_config.py
+++ b/config/gunicorn_config.py
@@ -19,15 +19,15 @@ workers = multiprocessing.cpu_count()*2 + 1
 
 # Worker class.
 # 
-worker_class = 'gthread'
-threads = 2
+worker_class = 'sync'
+#threads = 2
 
 # Adding options for timeout. Not specified, the timeout default 
 # is 30 seconds. Source:
 #
 # https://gunicorn-docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/settings.html#worker-processes
 #
-timeout = 120
+timeout = 300
 
 # Max requests settings - a worker restarts after handling this many
 # requests. May be useful if we have memory leak problems.
diff --git a/config/settings/base.py b/config/settings/base.py
index 6cd3f636d08a11b6c9a888f789b8fda284857a7b..32bb2fffcf48dac932e53f4c296faf5518284fc6 100644
--- a/config/settings/base.py
+++ b/config/settings/base.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ MAINTENANCE_MODE = False
 MAINTENANCE_MODE_MESSAGE = None
 
 # Version ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-PROJECT_VERSION = '2.8.1'
+PROJECT_VERSION = '2.8.1-1'
 
 # Unauthenticated access ------------------------------------------------------
 # This variable should eventually control whether unauthenticated access is
diff --git a/config/settings/container/base.py b/config/settings/container/base.py
index 8fad4fa1243fd69ff311be156f09c57dff12a4e1..7914e3b89d52c4e4bd922114e7b068d965ee3f36 100644
--- a/config/settings/container/base.py
+++ b/config/settings/container/base.py
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ DATABASES = {
             # NOTE: for mysql>=5.7 this will need to be changed to
             #'init_command': 'SET default_storage_engine=MyISAM',
         },
+        'CONN_MAX_AGE': 3600,
     }
 }