diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5dbc28b61a6ee981b9f4f5605bff230f3a59d624..e005aacff0922fe57b983e48314871a74632b96f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -55,4 +55,4 @@ test_image:  ## run the tests (on the latest image)
 	docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml run --rm web
 
 run_uwsgi:  ## run the application with uwsgi (to test prod env)
-	docker-compose run -p 8000:8000 --rm web uwsgi --master --http 0.0.0.0:8000 --http-keepalive --manage-script-name --mount /csentry=wsgi.py --callable app --uid ics --processes 2
+	docker-compose run -p 8000:8000 --rm web uwsgi --master --http 0.0.0.0:8000 --http-keepalive --manage-script-name --mount /csentry=wsgi.py --callable app --uid ics --processes 2 -b 16384