diff --git a/userspace/falco/app_actions/start_webserver.cpp b/userspace/falco/app_actions/start_webserver.cpp
index 3da117fe..8e2b0070 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/app_actions/start_webserver.cpp
+++ b/userspace/falco/app_actions/start_webserver.cpp
@@ -27,8 +27,14 @@ application::run_result application::start_webserver()
 	if(!is_capture_mode() && m_state->config->m_webserver_enabled)
 	{
 		std::string ssl_option = (m_state->config->m_webserver_ssl_enabled ? " (SSL)" : "");
-		falco_logger::log(LOG_INFO, "Starting internal webserver, listening on port " + to_string(m_state->config->m_webserver_listen_port) + ssl_option + "\n");
+		falco_logger::log(LOG_INFO, "Starting health webserver with threadiness "
+			+ to_string(m_state->config->m_webserver_threadiness)
+			+ ", listening on port "
+			+ to_string(m_state->config->m_webserver_listen_port)
+			+ ssl_option + "\n");
+
 		m_state->webserver.start(
+			m_state->config->m_webserver_threadiness,
 			m_state->config->m_webserver_listen_port, 
 			m_state->config->m_webserver_k8s_healthz_endpoint,
 			m_state->config->m_webserver_ssl_certificate, 
diff --git a/userspace/falco/configuration.cpp b/userspace/falco/configuration.cpp
index f35ea534..b8bbe062 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/configuration.cpp
+++ b/userspace/falco/configuration.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ falco_configuration::falco_configuration():
 	m_buffered_outputs(false),
 	m_time_format_iso_8601(false),
 	m_webserver_enabled(false),
+	m_webserver_threadiness(0),
 	m_webserver_listen_port(8765),
 	m_webserver_k8s_healthz_endpoint("/healthz"),
 	m_webserver_ssl_enabled(false),
@@ -207,10 +208,15 @@ void falco_configuration::init(string conf_filename, const vector<string> &cmdli
 	falco_logger::log_syslog = m_config->get_scalar<bool>("log_syslog", true);
 
 	m_webserver_enabled = m_config->get_scalar<bool>("webserver.enabled", false);
+	m_webserver_threadiness = m_config->get_scalar<uint32_t>("webserver.threadiness", 0);
 	m_webserver_listen_port = m_config->get_scalar<uint32_t>("webserver.listen_port", 8765);
 	m_webserver_k8s_healthz_endpoint = m_config->get_scalar<string>("webserver.k8s_healthz_endpoint", "/healthz");
 	m_webserver_ssl_enabled = m_config->get_scalar<bool>("webserver.ssl_enabled", false);
 	m_webserver_ssl_certificate = m_config->get_scalar<string>("webserver.ssl_certificate", "/etc/falco/falco.pem");
+	if(m_webserver_threadiness == 0)
+	{
+		m_webserver_threadiness = falco::utils::hardware_concurrency();
+	}
 
 	std::list<string> syscall_event_drop_acts;
 	m_config->get_sequence(syscall_event_drop_acts, "syscall_event_drops.actions");
diff --git a/userspace/falco/configuration.h b/userspace/falco/configuration.h
index 41fc1525..e3b1c79a 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/configuration.h
+++ b/userspace/falco/configuration.h
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ public:
 	std::string m_grpc_root_certs;
 
 	bool m_webserver_enabled;
+	uint32_t m_webserver_threadiness;
 	uint32_t m_webserver_listen_port;
 	std::string m_webserver_k8s_healthz_endpoint;
 	bool m_webserver_ssl_enabled;
diff --git a/userspace/falco/webserver.cpp b/userspace/falco/webserver.cpp
index dba93973..c4567db9 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/webserver.cpp
+++ b/userspace/falco/webserver.cpp
@@ -24,10 +24,11 @@ falco_webserver::~falco_webserver()
 }
 
 void falco_webserver::start(
-		uint32_t listen_port,
-		std::string& healthz_endpoint,
-		std::string &ssl_certificate,
-		bool ssl_enabled)
+        uint32_t threadiness,
+        uint32_t listen_port,
+        std::string& healthz_endpoint,
+        std::string &ssl_certificate,
+        bool ssl_enabled)
 {
     if (m_running)
     {
@@ -48,7 +49,6 @@ void falco_webserver::start(
     }
 
     // configure server
-    auto threadiness = std::min(2u, falco::utils::hardware_concurrency());
     m_server->new_task_queue = [&threadiness] { return new httplib::ThreadPool(threadiness); };
 
     // setup healthz endpoint
diff --git a/userspace/falco/webserver.h b/userspace/falco/webserver.h
index 7a022b0b..e9c40967 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/webserver.h
+++ b/userspace/falco/webserver.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class falco_webserver
 public:
 	virtual ~falco_webserver();
 	virtual void start(
+		uint32_t threadiness,
 		uint32_t listen_port,
 		std::string& healthz_endpoint,
 		std::string &ssl_certificate,