diff --git a/generator/docker-components/backend.yml b/generator/docker-components/backend.yml
index aac150d..d8f4f76 100644
--- a/generator/docker-components/backend.yml
+++ b/generator/docker-components/backend.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ services:
       BITCART_REVERSEPROXY: ${BITCART_REVERSEPROXY:-nginx-https}
       BITCART_HTTPS_ENABLED: ${BITCART_HTTPS_ENABLED:-false}
       SENTRY_DSN: ${BITCART_SENTRY_DSN:-}
+      BITCART_API_WORKERS: ${BITCART_API_WORKERS}
     extra_hosts:
       - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
     expose:
diff --git a/helpers.sh b/helpers.sh
index 2fc1b1d..a1e6f08 100644
--- a/helpers.sh
+++ b/helpers.sh
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ BITCART_BEHIND_REVERSEPROXY=$BITCART_BEHIND_REVERSEPROXY
 BITCART_VERSION=$BITCART_VERSION
 BITCART_UPDATE_URL=$BITCART_UPDATE_URL
 BITCART_SENTRY_DSN=$BITCART_SENTRY_DSN
+BITCART_API_WORKERS=$BITCART_API_WORKERS
 $(env | awk -F "=" '{print "\n"$0}' | grep "BITCART_.*.*_PORT")
 $(env | awk -F "=" '{print "\n"$0}' | grep "BITCART_.*.*_EXPOSE")
 $(env | awk -F "=" '{print "\n"$0}' | grep "BITCART_.*.*_SCALE")
diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index 7dd75ff..67c9393 100755
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ Environment variables:
     BITCART_HTTPS_ENABLED: a special flag to rewrite bitcart API URLs to https. It does not enable https setup automatically and is required for custom cases such as cloudflare tunnel.
     BITCART_BEHIND_REVERSEPROXY: set this when running in one domain mode with custom nginx port, but when bitcart's nginx is behind your own reverse proxy
     BITCART_SENTRY_DSN: Optional Sentry DSN for error tracking
+    BITCART_API_WORKERS: Number of API workers to run (default: 2*cores+1=$((2 * $(nproc) + 1)))
 Add-on specific variables:
     TOR_RELAY_NICKNAME: If tor relay is activated, the relay nickname
     TOR_RELAY_EMAIL: If tor relay is activated, the email for Tor to contact you regarding your relay