diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index f0ce495..e04ecaa 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ barbican_service_user_domain_id: default
 barbican_service_project_name: service
 
 # Apache configuration vars
-barbican_wsgi_processes: "{{ ansible_processor_vcpus | default (1) * 2 }}"
+barbican_wsgi_processes_max: 16
+barbican_wsgi_processes: "{{ [[ansible_processor_vcpus|default(2) // 2, 1] | max, barbican_wsgi_processes_max] | min }}"
 barbican_wsgi_threads: 1
 barbican_apache_log_level: info
 barbican_apache_servertokens: "Prod"
diff --git a/templates/barbican-vassals-api.ini.j2 b/templates/barbican-vassals-api.ini.j2
index a4f0bee..ea6dacf 100644
--- a/templates/barbican-vassals-api.ini.j2
+++ b/templates/barbican-vassals-api.ini.j2
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 [uwsgi]
 socket = :9311
 protocol = http
-processes = 1
+processes = {{ barbican_wsgi_processes }}
+threads = {{ barbican_wsgi_threads }}
 lazy = true
 vacuum = true
 no-default-app = true