diff --git a/conf/aether_app_config.py b/conf/aether_app_config.py
index c7cf33e..c8f17c2 100644
--- a/conf/aether_app_config.py
+++ b/conf/aether_app_config.py
@@ -87,12 +87,12 @@ AETHER_CFG['app']['path_hosted_tmp_root']: str = None
 AETHER_CFG['api'] = {}
 AETHER_CFG['api']['protocol'] = os.getenv('AE_API_PROTOCOL', 'https') # 'https' # https
 AETHER_CFG['api']['server'] = os.getenv('AE_API_SERVER', None) # 'dev-api.oneskyit.com' # linode.oneskyit.com vpn-linode linode.oneskyit.local
-AETHER_CFG['api']['port'] = os.getenv('AE_API_PORT', '443') # '443' # default = 3306
+AETHER_CFG['api']['port'] = os.getenv('AE_API_PORT', '443')
 AETHER_CFG['api']['path'] = os.getenv('AE_API_PATH', '') # ''
 AETHER_CFG['api']['secret_key'] = os.getenv('AE_API_SECRET_KEY', None)
-AETHER_CFG['api']['protocol_backup'] = 'http' # https
-AETHER_CFG['api']['server_backup'] = 'dev-fastapi.oneskyit.local' # linode.oneskyit.com vpn-linode linode.oneskyit.local
-AETHER_CFG['api']['port_backup'] = '5005' # default = 3306
+AETHER_CFG['api']['protocol_backup'] = 'https' # https
+AETHER_CFG['api']['server_backup'] = 'bak-api.oneskyit.com' # linode.oneskyit.com vpn-linode linode.oneskyit.local
+AETHER_CFG['api']['port_backup'] = '443'
 AETHER_CFG['api']['path_backup'] = ''
 AETHER_CFG['api']['secret_key_backup'] = 'the secret backup key'
 AETHER_CFG['api']['temporary_token'] = {}
diff --git a/conf/aether_fastapi_gunicorn_conf.py b/conf/aether_fastapi_gunicorn_conf.py
index d57579c..7c2e451 100644
--- a/conf/aether_fastapi_gunicorn_conf.py
+++ b/conf/aether_fastapi_gunicorn_conf.py
@@ -22,18 +22,21 @@ wsgi_app = "app.main:app"
 # default_proc_name = "app.main:app"
 
 # Setting a long timeout since some FastAPI API requests may take a while
-timeout = os.getenv('AE_API_GUNICORN_TIMEOUT', 2100) # default 30; 1200 is NOT enough; worker process silent then kill and restart
-graceful_timeout = os.getenv('AE_API_GUNICORN_GRACEFUL_TIMEOUT', 20) # default 30; timeout after restart signal; tried 10 2023-07-11
-keepalive = os.getenv('AE_API_GUNICORN_KEEPALIVE', 30) # default 2; setting higher because behind load balancer (nginx); tried 10 2023-07-11
+timeout = os.getenv('AE_API_GUNICORN_TIMEOUT', 30) # default 30; 1200 is NOT enough; worker process silent then kill and restart
+graceful_timeout = os.getenv('AE_API_GUNICORN_GRACEFUL_TIMEOUT', 30) # default 30; timeout after restart signal; tried 10 2023-07-11
+keepalive = os.getenv('AE_API_GUNICORN_KEEPALIVE', 4) # default 2; not used with sync workers; setting higher because behind load balancer (nginx); tried 10 2023-07-11
 
 # Reload does not work correctly with UvicornWorker
 # https://github.com/benoitc/gunicorn/issues/2339
 # Disable reload if using more than one thread
-##### reload = True
+reload = False
 
 # reload_engine = "poll"
 
 worker_class = "uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker" # default "sync"
+# worker_class = "gthread"
+# worker_class = "aiohttp.worker.GunicornWebWorker"
+# worker_class = "gevent" # for gthread?
 # Works are processes, not threads
 # workers = 9 # default 1; use 10ish for production; 2 to 4 times the number of cores
 # threads = 1 # default 1; only affects Gthread worker type
diff --git a/conf/aether_fastapi_requirements.txt b/conf/aether_fastapi_requirements.txt
index 17b7f53..7a534c8 100644
--- a/conf/aether_fastapi_requirements.txt
+++ b/conf/aether_fastapi_requirements.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 # aioredis # BAD! Not maintained!
 aiofiles
+# aiohttp # added 2024-04-24
 # anyio
 argon2-cffi
 argon2-cffi-bindings
@@ -20,8 +21,9 @@ dnspython
 email-validator
 et-xmlfile
 fastapi>=0.88.0
-greenlet>=2.0.2
-gunicorn>=21.2.0
+# greenlet>=2.0.2
+# gevent
+gunicorn>=22.0.0
 h11
 html2text>=2020.1.16
 httpcore