diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 64ff533..9329b0c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Pull base image
 FROM python:3.12.2-bookworm
 
-# Set environment variables
+# Set environment variables (we want to write bytecode as we have multiple workers)
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 0
 
 # Create and set work directory called `app`
 RUN mkdir -p /code
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ COPY . /code/
 COPY .env.production /code/.env
 ENV HOME=/code
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y nodejs npm xvfb netcat-openbsd
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y nodejs npm xvfb netcat-openbsd nano curl
 
 # Install playwright (via pip and install script)
 RUN playwright install-deps && playwright install
@@ -29,5 +30,7 @@ RUN playwright install-deps && playwright install
 # Expose port 8000
 EXPOSE 8000
 
+HEALTHCHECK CMD curl --fail http://localhost:8000 || exit 1
+
 # Use gunicorn on port 8000
-CMD ["gunicorn", "--bind", ":8000", "django_project.wsgi", "--timeout", "300"]
+CMD ["gunicorn", "--bind", ":8000", "django_project.wsgi", "--workers", "4", "--worker-tmp-dir", "/dev/shm", "--timeout", "90"]
diff --git a/django_project/settings.py b/django_project/settings.py
index 04904f9..61748fa 100644
--- a/django_project/settings.py
+++ b/django_project/settings.py
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ import socket
 from pathlib import Path
 import environ
 import os
-import logging
-import sys
 
 env = environ.Env(
     DEBUG=(bool, False)
@@ -29,31 +27,6 @@ RESEND_API_KEY = env('RESEND_API_KEY')
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
 DEBUG = env('DEBUG')
 
-LOGGING = {
-    'version': 1,
-    'disable_existing_loggers': False,
-    'formatters': {
-        'verbose': {
-            'format': '%(asctime)s %(name)-12s %(levelname)-8s %(message)s',
-        },
-    },
-    'handlers': {
-        'console': {
-            'level': 'WARN',
-            'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
-            'stream': sys.stdout,
-            'formatter': 'verbose'
-        },
-    },
-    'loggers': {
-        '': {
-            'handlers': ['console'],
-            'level': 'WARN',
-            'propagate': True,
-        },
-    },
-}
-
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#allowed-hosts
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = env('ALLOWED_HOSTS').split(',')