diff --git a/ansible/tasks/install-source.yml b/ansible/tasks/install-source.yml
index ab8fbfef7..4fc8b1fd8 100644
--- a/ansible/tasks/install-source.yml
+++ b/ansible/tasks/install-source.yml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
         - src: Pipfile.lock
         - src: README.md
         - src: requirements.txt
+        - src: gunicorn.conf.py
         - src: paperless.conf.example
           dest: "paperless.conf"
 
diff --git a/ansible/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/tasks/main.yml
index db8edcc75..6857a7c63 100644
--- a/ansible/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/tasks/main.yml
@@ -456,6 +456,12 @@
     line: '\1<policy domain="coder" rights="read|write" pattern="PDF" />'
     backrefs: yes
 
+- name: configure gunicorn web server
+  lineinfile:
+    path: "{{ paperlessng_directory }}/gunicorn.conf.py"
+    regexp: '^bind = '
+    line: "bind = '{{ paperlessng_listen_address }}:{{ paperlessng_listen_port }}'"
+
 - name: configure systemd services
   ini_file:
     path: "{{ paperlessng_directory }}/scripts/{{ item[0] }}"
@@ -498,7 +504,7 @@
     path: "{{ paperlessng_directory }}/scripts/paperless-webserver.service"
     section: "Service"
     option: "ExecStart"
-    value: "{{ paperlessng_virtualenv }}/bin/gunicorn paperless.asgi:application -w 2 -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker -b {{ paperlessng_listen_address }}:{{ paperlessng_listen_port }}"
+    value: "{{ paperlessng_virtualenv }}/bin/gunicorn -c {{ paperlessng_directory }}/gunicorn.conf.py paperless.asgi:application"
 
 - name: copy systemd services
   copy: