diff --git a/lifecycle/gunicorn.conf.py b/lifecycle/gunicorn.conf.py
index a086fc9ec..680ed43f9 100644
--- a/lifecycle/gunicorn.conf.py
+++ b/lifecycle/gunicorn.conf.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ logconfig_dict = {
 if Path("/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io").exists():
     workers = 2
 else:
-    worker = cpu_count() * 2 + 1
+    workers = cpu_count() * 2 + 1
 threads = 4
 
 warnings.simplefilter("once")