diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c96d436b3d2..36c06fe5cd8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "lint:fix:json": "eslint --ext .json --fix .",
     "lint": "npm run format && npm run lint:fix",
     "check:merge": "npm run verify || exit 1; codecov",
-    "start": "cd dist;node ./src/index.js;cd ..",
+    "start": "cd dist;exec node ./src/index.js;cd ..",
     "build:start": "npm run build && npm run start",
     "build:ci": "tsc -p tsconfig.json",
     "build:swagger": "npm run build && npm run setup:swagger",
diff --git a/src/util/openfaas/index.js b/src/util/openfaas/index.js
index 98f3340cad8..4130066deb9 100644
--- a/src/util/openfaas/index.js
+++ b/src/util/openfaas/index.js
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ const FAAS_SCALE_TARGET = process.env.FAAS_SCALE_TARGET || '4';
 const FAAS_SCALE_TARGET_PROPORTION = process.env.FAAS_SCALE_TARGET_PROPORTION || '0.70';
 const FAAS_SCALE_ZERO = process.env.FAAS_SCALE_ZERO || 'false';
 const FAAS_SCALE_ZERO_DURATION = process.env.FAAS_SCALE_ZERO_DURATION || '15m';
+const FAAS_GUNICORN_WORKERS = process.env.FAAS_GUNICORN_WORKERS || '1';
+const FAAS_GUNICORN_THREADS = process.env.FAAS_GUNICORN_THREADS || '1';
 const FAAS_BASE_IMG = process.env.FAAS_BASE_IMG || 'rudderlabs/openfaas-flask:main';
 const FAAS_MAX_PODS_IN_TEXT = process.env.FAAS_MAX_PODS_IN_TEXT || '40';
 const FAAS_MIN_PODS_IN_TEXT = process.env.FAAS_MIN_PODS_IN_TEXT || '1';
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ const CUSTOM_NETWORK_POLICY_WORKSPACE_IDS = process.env.CUSTOM_NETWORK_POLICY_WO
 const customNetworkPolicyWorkspaceIds = CUSTOM_NETWORK_POLICY_WORKSPACE_IDS.split(',');
 const CUSTOMER_TIER = process.env.CUSTOMER_TIER || 'shared';
 const FAAS_SCALE_DOWN_WINDOW = process.env.FAAS_SCALE_DOWN_WINDOW || ''; // Go time values are supported ( max 5m or 300s )
+const FAAS_DNS_RESOLVER = process.env.FAAS_DNS_RESOLVER || 'false';
 
 // Initialise node cache
 const functionListCache = new NodeCache();
@@ -209,6 +212,7 @@ const updateFaasFunction = async (
     await updateFunction(functionName, payload);
     // wait for function to be ready and then set it in cache
     await awaitFunctionReadiness(functionName);
+    // set the function in cache
     setFunctionInCache(functionName);
   } catch (error) {
     // 404 is statuscode returned from openfaas community edition
@@ -303,7 +307,11 @@ function buildOpenfaasFn(name, code, versionId, libraryVersionIDs, testMode, trM
     envProcess = `${envProcess} --code "${code}" --config-backend-url ${CONFIG_BACKEND_URL} --lvids "${lvidsString}"`;
   }
 
-  const envVars = {};
+  const envVars = {
+    GUNICORN_WORKER_COUNT: FAAS_GUNICORN_WORKERS,
+    GUNICORN_THREAD_COUNT: FAAS_GUNICORN_THREADS,
+    dns_resolver: FAAS_DNS_RESOLVER,
+  };
 
   if (FAAS_ENABLE_WATCHDOG_ENV_VARS.trim().toLowerCase() === 'true') {
     envVars.max_inflight = FAAS_MAX_INFLIGHT;
@@ -392,7 +400,6 @@ const executeFaasFunction = async (
 
     if (error.statusCode === 404 && error.message.includes(`error finding function ${name}`)) {
       removeFunctionFromCache(name);
-
       await setupFaasFunction(name, null, versionId, libraryVersionIDs, testMode, trMetadata);
       throw new RetryRequestError(`${name} not found`);
     }