diff --git a/Procfile b/Procfile
index 9af4d6b..6effc3d 100644
--- a/Procfile
+++ b/Procfile
@@ -1 +1 @@
-web: gunicorn app:app --workers=4
\ No newline at end of file
+web: gunicorn app:app --worker-class gevent --workers=4
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 929797f..ec23831 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Flask>=3.0.0
 gunicorn>=21.2.0
+gevent>=23.9.1
 Jinja2>=3.1.0
 jinja-partials==0.1.1
 psycopg2-binary>=2.9.9