diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-mastodon/attributes/default.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-mastodon/attributes/default.rb
index 88e323e..e2580ed 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-mastodon/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-mastodon/attributes/default.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-node.default["kosmos-mastodon"]["directory"]      = "/opt/mastodon"
-node.default["kosmos-mastodon"]["puma_port"]      = 3000
-node.default["kosmos-mastodon"]["streaming_port"] = 4000
-node.default["kosmos-mastodon"]["server_name"]    = "kosmos.social"
-node.default["kosmos-mastodon"]["redis_url"]      = "redis://localhost:6379/1"
+node.default["kosmos-mastodon"]["directory"]       = "/opt/mastodon"
+node.default["kosmos-mastodon"]["puma_port"]       = 3000
+node.default["kosmos-mastodon"]["streaming_port"]  = 4000
+node.default["kosmos-mastodon"]["server_name"]     = "kosmos.social"
+node.default["kosmos-mastodon"]["redis_url"]       = "redis://localhost:6379/1"
+node.default["kosmos-mastodon"]["sidekiq_threads"] = 25
diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-mastodon/recipes/default.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-mastodon/recipes/default.rb
index 1d12473..baeb5b3 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-mastodon/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-mastodon/recipes/default.rb
@@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ application mastodon_path do
     source "mastodon-sidekiq.systemd.service.erb"
     variables user: user,
               app_dir: mastodon_path,
-              bundle_path: "/opt/ruby_build/builds/#{ruby_version}/bin/bundle"
+              bundle_path: "/opt/ruby_build/builds/#{ruby_version}/bin/bundle",
+              sidekiq_threads: node["kosmos-mastodon"]["sidekiq_threads"]
     notifies :run, "execute[systemctl daemon-reload]", :delayed
     notifies :restart, "service[mastodon-sidekiq]", :delayed
   end
diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-mastodon/templates/default/mastodon-sidekiq.systemd.service.erb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-mastodon/templates/default/mastodon-sidekiq.systemd.service.erb
index 02c97c3..1f5f491 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-mastodon/templates/default/mastodon-sidekiq.systemd.service.erb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-mastodon/templates/default/mastodon-sidekiq.systemd.service.erb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ WorkingDirectory=<%= @app_dir %>
 Environment="RAILS_ENV=production"
 Environment="DB_POOL=50"
 Environment="LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjemalloc.so.1"
-ExecStart=<%= @bundle_path %> exec sidekiq -c 5 -q default -q mailers -q pull -q push
+ExecStart=<%= @bundle_path %> exec sidekiq -c <%= @sidekiq_threads %> -q default -q mailers -q pull -q push
 TimeoutSec=15
 Restart=always