diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index aff04646..0b027dc6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ ENV DEBUG='False'
 
 RUN chmod u+x ./entrypoint.sh
 
-CMD ["--ini", "wsgi.ini:web", "--gevent", "200"]
+CMD ["--ini", "wsgi.ini:web", "--gevent", "200", "--max-fd", "1048576"]
 ENTRYPOINT ["./entrypoint.sh"]
 
 EXPOSE 8080
diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index e6cc90d7..d116cb5d 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -48,5 +48,5 @@ ENV DEBUG='False'
 
 RUN chmod u+x ./entrypoint.sh
 
-CMD ["wsgi.ini", "--gevent", "200"]
+CMD ["wsgi.ini", "--gevent", "200", "--max-fd", "1048576"]
 ENTRYPOINT ["./entrypoint.sh"]