diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 43f799496..239f8b68d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ COPY rest_api /home/user/rest_api
 EXPOSE 8000
 
 # cmd for running the API
-CMD ["gunicorn", "rest_api.application:app",  "-b", "0.0.0.0", "-k", "uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker", "--workers", "1", "--timeout", "180", "--preload"]
+CMD ["gunicorn", "rest_api.application:app",  "-b", "0.0.0.0", "-k", "uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker", "--workers", "1", "--timeout", "180"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 6bf5bf89a..16d5404d4 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ services:
     restart: always
     depends_on:
       - elasticsearch
-    command: "/bin/bash -c 'sleep 15 && gunicorn rest_api.application:app -b 0.0.0.0 -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker --workers 1 --timeout 180 --preload'"
+    command: "/bin/bash -c 'sleep 15 && gunicorn rest_api.application:app -b 0.0.0.0 -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker --workers 1 --timeout 180'"
   elasticsearch:
     # This will start an empty elasticsearch instance (so you have to add your documents yourself)
     #image: "elasticsearch:7.9.2"