# Spin up additional sidekiq workers

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/spin-up-additional-sidekiq-workers/81707
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 27, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spin-up-additional-sidekiq-workers/81707 "2018-02-27T20:23:07Z")
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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2018, 2:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spin-up-additional-sidekiq-workers/81707/2 "2018-02-28T02:12:14Z")

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Simplest way is rebuilding Discourse with

```plaintext
env:
   UNICORN_SIDEKIQS: 8 

```

⚠ this will start 8 sidekiqs

🔴 Don’t add 2 `env` sections to your `app.yml` just add the line to existing section.

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