diff --git a/config/unicorn.rb b/config/unicorn.rb
index a3daec0..4e5c8d1 100644
--- a/config/unicorn.rb
+++ b/config/unicorn.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
 rails_root  = `pwd`.gsub("\n", "")
 
 rails_env = ENV['RAILS_ENV'] || 'production'
-worker_processes (rails_env == 'production' ? 4 : 2)
+
+cpu_cores = %x(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep processor | wc -l).sub("\n",'').to_i rescue 2
+
+worker_processes (rails_env == 'production' ? cpu_cores : 1)
 
 # preload_app true