diff --git a/app/main/lib/presto.py b/app/main/lib/presto.py
index e72fc763..e3ab50c1 100644
--- a/app/main/lib/presto.py
+++ b/app/main/lib/presto.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ def blocked_response(message, model_type):
             _, value = response
             return json.loads(value)
         else:
-            app.logger.error(f"Timeout reached while waiting for key '{model_type}_{item_id}'")
+
+            app.logger.error(f"Timeout reached while waiting for key for model '{model_type}'")
             # TODO: should this raise an exception?  this probably indicates data is being lost
             return None
diff --git a/production/bin/start.sh b/production/bin/start.sh
index 5cd23037..8110ced4 100755
--- a/production/bin/start.sh
+++ b/production/bin/start.sh
@@ -66,4 +66,4 @@ set +o allexport
 python manage.py init
 python manage.py init_perl_functions
 python manage.py db upgrade
-gunicorn --preload -w 8 --threads 4 -b 0.0.0.0:${ALEGRE_PORT} --access-logfile - --error-logfile - wsgi:app
+gunicorn --preload -w 8 --threads 8 -b 0.0.0.0:${ALEGRE_PORT} --access-logfile - --error-logfile - wsgi:app