diff --git a/config/config.yml b/config/config.yml
index c0c3083..3f2d42e 100644
--- a/config/config.yml
+++ b/config/config.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ log_prompts: true
 mode: oobabooga
 auth_required: false
 concurrent_gens: 3
-token_limit: 5555
+token_limit: 7777
 
 backend_url: http://172.0.0.2:9104
 
diff --git a/llm_server/routes/cache.py b/llm_server/routes/cache.py
index 72c3ee7..58e74f3 100644
--- a/llm_server/routes/cache.py
+++ b/llm_server/routes/cache.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 from flask_caching import Cache
+from redis import Redis
 
 cache = Cache(config={'CACHE_TYPE': 'RedisCache', 'CACHE_REDIS_URL': 'redis://localhost:6379/0', 'CACHE_KEY_PREFIX': 'local-llm'})
+redis = Redis()
diff --git a/llm_server/routes/stats.py b/llm_server/routes/stats.py
index 47077e0..975b0ce 100644
--- a/llm_server/routes/stats.py
+++ b/llm_server/routes/stats.py
@@ -6,13 +6,22 @@ from threading import Semaphore, Thread
 from llm_server import opts
 from llm_server.integer import ThreadSafeInteger
 from llm_server.opts import concurrent_gens
+from llm_server.routes.cache import redis
 
 # proompters_1_min = 0
 concurrent_semaphore = Semaphore(concurrent_gens)
-proompts = ThreadSafeInteger(0)
 start_time = datetime.now()
 
 
+def get_count():
+    count = redis.get('proompts')
+    if count is None:
+        count = 0
+    else:
+        count = int(count)
+    return count
+
+
 class SemaphoreCheckerThread(Thread):
     proompters_1_min = 0
     recent_prompters = {}
diff --git a/llm_server/routes/v1/generate.py b/llm_server/routes/v1/generate.py
index dc50c04..b284d46 100644
--- a/llm_server/routes/v1/generate.py
+++ b/llm_server/routes/v1/generate.py
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ import time
 
 from flask import jsonify, request
 
-from llm_server.routes.stats import SemaphoreCheckerThread, concurrent_semaphore, proompts
+from llm_server.routes.stats import SemaphoreCheckerThread, concurrent_semaphore
 from . import bp
+from ..cache import redis
 from ..helpers.client import format_sillytavern_err
 from ..helpers.http import cache_control, validate_json
 from ... import opts
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ def generate():
             }), 200
         response_valid_json, response_json_body = validate_json(response)
         if response_valid_json:
-            proompts.increment()
+            redis.incr('proompts')
             backend_response = safe_list_get(response_json_body.get('results', []), 0, {}).get('text')
             if not backend_response:
                 if opts.mode == 'oobabooga':
diff --git a/llm_server/routes/v1/proxy.py b/llm_server/routes/v1/proxy.py
index 76945d9..207ba92 100644
--- a/llm_server/routes/v1/proxy.py
+++ b/llm_server/routes/v1/proxy.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ from ...llm.info import get_running_model
 
 @bp.route('/stats', methods=['GET'])
 @cache.cached(timeout=5, query_string=True)
-@cache_control(5)
 def get_stats():
     model_list = get_running_model()  # will return False when the fetch fails
     if isinstance(model_list, bool):
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ def get_stats():
         'stats': {
             'proompters_now': opts.concurrent_gens - concurrent_semaphore._value,
             'proompters_1_min': SemaphoreCheckerThread.proompters_1_min,
-            'total_proompts': stats.proompts.value,
+            'total_proompts': stats.get_count(),
             'uptime': int((datetime.now() - stats.start_time).total_seconds()),
         },
         'online': online,
diff --git a/other/local-llm.service b/other/local-llm.service
index 2f9fa9b..b20e19b 100644
--- a/other/local-llm.service
+++ b/other/local-llm.service
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ After=basic.target network.target
 User=server
 Group=server
 WorkingDirectory=/srv/server/local-llm-server
-ExecStart=/srv/server/local-llm-server/venv/bin/gunicorn --workers 3 --bind 0.0.0.0:5000 server:app
+# Need a lot of workers since we have long-running requests
+# Takes about 3.5G memory
+ExecStart=/srv/server/local-llm-server/venv/bin/gunicorn --workers 20 --bind 0.0.0.0:5000 server:app --timeout 60 --worker-class gevent
 Restart=always
 RestartSec=2
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 695028f..ca4dfdb 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ flask_caching
 requests
 tiktoken
 gunicorn
-redis
\ No newline at end of file
+redis
+gevent
\ No newline at end of file