diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f6bd6be..84aac9a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ ENV FLASK_APP=bereal.server
 
 EXPOSE 5000
 
-CMD ["gunicorn", "-w", "4", "-t" "600", "bereal.server:app"]
+CMD ["gunicorn", "-k", "gevent", "-w", "4", "-t" "600", "bereal.server:app"]
diff --git a/bereal/server.py b/bereal/server.py
index cb07452..e21f4aa 100644
--- a/bereal/server.py
+++ b/bereal/server.py
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 
 It contains the Flask app routing and the functions to interact with the BeReal API.
 """
+from gevent import monkey
+
+# TODO(michaelfromyeg): move
+monkey.patch_all()
+
 import os
 import warnings
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
diff --git a/requirements/common.txt b/requirements/common.txt
index 497ad3c..6d34ee6 100644
--- a/requirements/common.txt
+++ b/requirements/common.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ Flask==3.0.0
 Flask-APScheduler==1.13.1
 flask-cors==4.0.0
 Flask-SQLAlchemy==3.1.1
+gevent==23.9.1
+gunicorn==21.2.0
 librosa==0.10.1
 moviepy==1.0.3
 numpy==1.26.2
diff --git a/requirements/prod.txt b/requirements/prod.txt
index a84db52..6624a30 100644
--- a/requirements/prod.txt
+++ b/requirements/prod.txt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-gunicorn
 -r common.txt