diff --git a/bin/celery_flower.sh b/bin/celery_flower.sh
index f402ae9a..0c17324e 100755
--- a/bin/celery_flower.sh
+++ b/bin/celery_flower.sh
@@ -5,4 +5,13 @@ set -e
 # Set defaults for OTEL
 export OTEL_SERVICE_NAME="${OTEL_SERVICE_NAME:-objects-flower}"
 
-exec celery --app objects --workdir src flower
+# 100x less than the defaults
+export FLOWER_MAX_TASKS="${FLOWER_MAX_TASKS:-1000}"
+export FLOWER_MAX_WORKERS="${FLOWER_MAX_WORKERS:-50}"
+
+# TODO: rename CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND to CELERY_BROKER_URL
+BROKER_URL="${CELERY_BROKER_URL:-${CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND:-redis://localhost:6379/0}}"
+
+exec celery \
+    --broker "${BROKER_URL}" \
+    flower
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/docker_start.sh b/bin/docker_start.sh
index 08843289..ab3acecd 100755
--- a/bin/docker_start.sh
+++ b/bin/docker_start.sh
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ if [ -n "${OBJECTS_SUPERUSER_USERNAME}" ]; then
     unset OBJECTS_SUPERUSER_USERNAME OBJECTS_SUPERUSER_EMAIL OBJECTS_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD
 fi
 
+# Periodically recycle workers - recover memory in the event of memory leaks
+export UWSGI_MAX_REQUESTS=${UWSGI_MAX_REQUESTS:-1000}
+
 # Start server
 >&2 echo "Starting server"
 uwsgi \