diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 8638676..51340a0 100644
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ python manage.py collectstatic --noinput
 python manage.py migrate --noinput
 python manage.py loaddata initial
 python manage.py create_default_admin
-exec gunicorn photo21.wsgi:application --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 --workers 3
+exec gunicorn photo21.wsgi:application --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 --workers 3 --worker-class gevent
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9b4b068..62649a4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ whitenoise>=6.0
 psycopg2-binary>=2.9
 requests>=2.25
 gunicorn>=21.0
+gevent>=23.9
 av>=12.0