diff --git a/files/apache-nova-ec2-api.template b/files/apache-nova-ec2-api.template
index ae4cf94..235d958 100644
--- a/files/apache-nova-ec2-api.template
+++ b/files/apache-nova-ec2-api.template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Listen %PUBLICPORT%
 
 <VirtualHost *:%PUBLICPORT%>
-    WSGIDaemonProcess nova-ec2-api processes=5 threads=1 user=%USER% display-name=%{GROUP} %VIRTUALENV%
+    WSGIDaemonProcess nova-ec2-api processes=%APIWORKERS% threads=1 user=%USER% display-name=%{GROUP} %VIRTUALENV%
     WSGIProcessGroup nova-ec2-api
     WSGIScriptAlias / %PUBLICWSGI%
     WSGIApplicationGroup %{GLOBAL}
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
     %SSLENGINE%
     %SSLCERTFILE%
     %SSLKEYFILE%
-</VirtualHost>
\ No newline at end of file
+</VirtualHost>