diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 5ed649f8..69ec3727 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ TRANSMORPHER_DISK_IMAGE_DERIVATIVES=localImageDerivatives
 TRANSMORPHER_DISK_VIDEO_DERIVATIVES=localVideoDerivatives
 TRANSMORPHER_SIGNING_KEYPAIR=
 TRANSMORPHER_OPTIMIZER_TIMEOUT=10
+LARAVEL_WORKERS_AMOUNT=1
 
 # AWS
 AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7a70eeec..ccb275cd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,6 +27,21 @@ To ensure backwards compatibility on automatic updates, use the following image
 
 `cybexwebdev/transmorpher:0`
 
+#### Configuration options
+
+The `LARAVEL_WORKERS_AMOUNT` environment variable can be used to specify the amount of laravel workers:
+
+```dotenv
+LARAVEL_WORKERS_AMOUNT=1
+```
+
+This environment variable has to be passed to the app container in your docker-compose.yml:
+
+```yaml
+environment:
+    LARAVEL_WORKERS_AMOUNT: ${LARAVEL_WORKERS_AMOUNT:-1}
+```
+
 ### Cloning the repository
 
 To clone the repository and get your media server running use:
diff --git a/docker-compose.pullpreview.yml b/docker-compose.pullpreview.yml
index 645dcf16..760820cb 100644
--- a/docker-compose.pullpreview.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.pullpreview.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       PULLPREVIEW: true
       PULLPREVIEW_FIRST_RUN: ${PULLPREVIEW_FIRST_RUN}
+      LARAVEL_WORKERS_AMOUNT: ${LARAVEL_WORKERS_AMOUNT:-1}
     labels:
       - 'traefik.enable=true'
       - 'traefik.http.routers.${APP_CONTAINER_NAME:-transmorpher}.rule=Host(`${PULLPREVIEW_PUBLIC_DNS}`)'
diff --git a/docker/workers.conf b/docker/workers.conf
index 981de8fb..b279f2a6 100644
--- a/docker/workers.conf
+++ b/docker/workers.conf
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ autostart=true
 autorestart=true
 stopasgroup=true
 killasgroup=true
-numprocs=1
+numprocs=%(LARAVEL_WORKERS_AMOUNT)s
 redirect_stderr=true
 stdout_logfile=/dev/stdout
 stopwaitsecs=10801