diff --git a/backend/cmd/server/main.go b/backend/cmd/server/main.go
index 2bbd0006..7f6e93a0 100644
--- a/backend/cmd/server/main.go
+++ b/backend/cmd/server/main.go
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ import (
 	"npm/internal/jobqueue"
 	"npm/internal/jwt"
 	"npm/internal/logger"
+
+	// properly respect available cpu cores
+	_ "go.uber.org/automaxprocs"
 )
 
 var commit string
diff --git a/backend/go.mod b/backend/go.mod
index e33c6e0a..40c96b3a 100644
--- a/backend/go.mod
+++ b/backend/go.mod
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/rotisserie/eris v0.5.4
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	github.com/vrischmann/envconfig v1.3.0
+	go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.6.0
 	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.29.0
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.24.0
diff --git a/backend/go.sum b/backend/go.sum
index 236f91b3..af91965a 100644
--- a/backend/go.sum
+++ b/backend/go.sum
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/prashantv/gostub v1.1.0 h1:BTyx3RfQjRHnUWaGF9oQos79AlQ5k8WNktv7VGvVH4g=
+github.com/prashantv/gostub v1.1.0/go.mod h1:A5zLQHz7ieHGG7is6LLXLz7I8+3LZzsrV0P1IAHhP5U=
 github.com/qri-io/jsonpointer v0.1.1 h1:prVZBZLL6TW5vsSB9fFHFAMBLI4b0ri5vribQlTJiBA=
 github.com/qri-io/jsonpointer v0.1.1/go.mod h1:DnJPaYgiKu56EuDp8TU5wFLdZIcAnb/uH9v37ZaMV64=
 github.com/qri-io/jsonschema v0.2.1 h1:NNFoKms+kut6ABPf6xiKNM5214jzxAhDBrPHCJ97Wg0=
@@ -186,6 +188,8 @@ github.com/zenizh/go-capturer v0.0.0-20211219060012-52ea6c8fed04 h1:qXafrlZL1WsJ
 github.com/zenizh/go-capturer v0.0.0-20211219060012-52ea6c8fed04/go.mod h1:FiwNQxz6hGoNFBC4nIx+CxZhI3nne5RmIOlT/MXcSD4=
 gitlab.com/jc21com/sqlite v1.22.2-0.20230527022643-b56cedb3bc85 h1:NPHauobrOymc80Euu+e0tsMyXcdtLCX5bQPKX5zsI38=
 gitlab.com/jc21com/sqlite v1.22.2-0.20230527022643-b56cedb3bc85/go.mod h1:OrDj17Mggn6MhE+iPbBNf7RGKODDE9NFT0f3EwDzJqk=
+go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.6.0 h1:O3y2/QNTOdbF+e/dpXNNW7Rx2hZ4sTIPyybbxyNqTUs=
+go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.6.0/go.mod h1:ifeIMSnPZuznNm6jmdzmU3/bfk01Fe2fotchwEFJ8r8=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0 h1:2K3zAYmnTNqV73imy9J1T3WC+gmCePx2hEGkimedGto=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0/go.mod h1:CoHD4mav9JJNrW/WLlf7HGZPjdw8EucARQHekz1X6bE=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=