diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 1a63f631..5ca8569b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ services:
       - REDIS_SOCKETIO=redis-socketio:6379
       - SOCKETIO_PORT=9000
       - AUTO_MIGRATE=1
+      - WORKER_CLASS=${WORKER_CLASS}
     volumes:
       - sites-vol:/home/frappe/frappe-bench/sites:rw
       - assets-vol:/home/frappe/frappe-bench/sites/assets:rw
diff --git a/env-local b/env-local
index 639bbb54..821c23ea 100644
--- a/env-local
+++ b/env-local
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ HTTPS_REDIRECT_ENTRYPOINT_LABEL=erpnext.local.no-entrypoint
 HTTPS_REDIRECT_MIDDLEWARE_LABEL=erpnext.local.no-middleware
 HTTPS_USE_REDIRECT_MIDDLEWARE_LABEL=erpnext.local-no-redirect-middleware
 SKIP_NGINX_TEMPLATE_GENERATION=0
+WORKER_CLASS=gthread
diff --git a/env-production b/env-production
index 47ff1458..b6de88bc 100644
--- a/env-production
+++ b/env-production
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ HTTPS_REDIRECT_ENTRYPOINT_LABEL=traefik.http.routers.http-catchall.entrypoints=w
 HTTPS_REDIRECT_MIDDLEWARE_LABEL=traefik.http.routers.http-catchall.middlewares=redirect-to-https
 HTTPS_USE_REDIRECT_MIDDLEWARE_LABEL=traefik.http.middlewares.redirect-to-https.redirectscheme.scheme=https
 SKIP_NGINX_TEMPLATE_GENERATION=0
+WORKER_CLASS=gthread