diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1d8772636..1bd724cd8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5965,6 +5965,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "hyper",
  "libloading",
+ "num_cpus",
  "pipe",
  "poem",
  "portpicker",
diff --git a/cargo-shuttle/src/init.rs b/cargo-shuttle/src/init.rs
index 524864bea..ea09f305a 100644
--- a/cargo-shuttle/src/init.rs
+++ b/cargo-shuttle/src/init.rs
@@ -85,18 +85,19 @@ impl ShuttleInit for ShuttleInitActixWeb {
 
     fn get_boilerplate_code_for_framework(&self) -> &'static str {
         indoc! {r#"
-        use actix_web::web::{resource, ServiceConfig};
+        use actix_web::{get, web::ServiceConfig};
         use shuttle_service::ShuttleActixWeb;
 
+        #[get("/hello")]
         async fn hello_world() -> &'static str {
             "Hello World!"
         }
 
         #[shuttle_service::main]
         async fn actix_web(
-        ) -> ShuttleActixWeb<impl FnOnce(&mut ServiceConfig) + Sync + Send + Copy + Clone + 'static> {
+        ) -> ShuttleActixWeb<impl FnOnce(&mut ServiceConfig) + Sync + Send + Clone + 'static> {
             Ok(move |cfg: &mut ServiceConfig| {
-                cfg.service(resource("/hello").to(hello_world));
+                cfg.service(hello_world);
             })
         }"#}
     }
diff --git a/service/Cargo.toml b/service/Cargo.toml
index 73e6f7a0f..0fdc04f69 100644
--- a/service/Cargo.toml
+++ b/service/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ crossbeam-channel = "0.5.6"
 futures = { version = "0.3.25", features = ["std"] }
 hyper = { version = "0.14.23", features = ["server", "tcp", "http1"], optional = true }
 libloading = { version = "0.7.4", optional = true }
+num_cpus = { version = "1.14.0", optional = true }
 pipe = "0.4.0"
 poem = { version = "1.3.49", optional = true }
 rocket = { version = "0.5.0-rc.2", optional = true }
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ default = ["codegen"]
 codegen = ["shuttle-codegen"]
 loader = ["cargo", "libloading"]
 
-web-actix-web = ["actix-web"]
+web-actix-web = ["actix-web", "num_cpus"]
 web-axum = ["axum", "sync_wrapper"]
 web-rocket = ["rocket"]
 web-thruster = ["thruster"]
diff --git a/service/src/lib.rs b/service/src/lib.rs
index 572484339..a8ecd95a1 100644
--- a/service/src/lib.rs
+++ b/service/src/lib.rs
@@ -557,10 +557,14 @@ impl Service for sync_wrapper::SyncWrapper<axum::Router> {
 #[async_trait]
 impl<F> Service for F
 where
-    F: FnOnce(&mut actix_web::web::ServiceConfig) + Sync + Send + Copy + Clone + 'static,
+    F: FnOnce(&mut actix_web::web::ServiceConfig) + Sync + Send + Clone + 'static,
 {
-    async fn bind(self: Box<Self>, addr: SocketAddr) -> Result<(), Error> {
-        let srv = actix_web::HttpServer::new(move || actix_web::App::new().configure(*self))
+    async fn bind(mut self: Box<Self>, addr: SocketAddr) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        // Start a worker for each cpu, but no more than 8.
+        let worker_count = num_cpus::get().max(8);
+
+        let srv = actix_web::HttpServer::new(move || actix_web::App::new().configure(self.clone()))
+            .workers(worker_count)
             .bind(addr)?
             .run();
         srv.await.map_err(error::CustomError::new)?;