diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8c037b47..c4d918f5 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ deploy:
   rules:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "docker-deploy"
   variables:
+    FASTAPI_BACKEND: gunicorn
+    FASTAPI_WORKERS: 5
     AURWEB_PHP_PREFIX: https://aur-dev.archlinux.org
     AURWEB_FASTAPI_PREFIX: https://aur-dev.archlinux.org
     AURWEB_SSHD_PREFIX: ssh://aur@aur-dev.archlinux.org:2222