diff --git a/hosts/mastodon/default.nix b/hosts/mastodon/default.nix
index b099fd2b..33c3a56e 100644
--- a/hosts/mastodon/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/mastodon/default.nix
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@
       configureNginx = true;
       elasticsearch.host = "127.0.0.1";
       ldap.enable = true;
+      streamingProcesses = config.microvm.vcpu - 1;
       extraConfig = {
         ALTERNATE_DOMAINS = lib.concatStringsSep "," config.services.nginx.virtualHosts.${config.services.mastodon.localDomain}.serverAliases;
         DEFAULT_LOCALE = "de";