diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b03be1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import os
+def post_fork(server, worker):
+    server.log.info("Worker spawned (pid: %s)", worker.pid)
+    cuda_device_count = int(os.getenv("APP_CUDA_DEVICE_COUNT", -1))
+
+    if cuda_device_count > 0:
+        # set variables for cuda resource allocation
+        # Needs to be done before loading models
+        # The number of devices to use should be set via
+        # APP_CUDA_DEVICE_COUNT in env_app and the docker compose
+        # file should allocate cards to the container
+        cudaid = worker.age % cuda_device_count
+        worker.log.info("Setting cuda device " + str(cudaid))
+        os.environ["CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES"] = str(cudaid)
+    else:
+        worker.log.info("APP_CUDA_DEVICE_COUNT device variables not set")
+
+    
diff --git a/medcat_service/nlp_processor/medcat_processor.py b/medcat_service/nlp_processor/medcat_processor.py
index 111cee0..3ad8849 100644
--- a/medcat_service/nlp_processor/medcat_processor.py
+++ b/medcat_service/nlp_processor/medcat_processor.py
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.app_model = os.getenv("APP_MODEL_NAME", "unknown")
         self.entity_output_mode = os.getenv("ANNOTATIONS_ENTITY_OUTPUT_MODE", "dict").lower()
 
+
         self.cat = self._create_cat()
         self.cat.train = os.getenv("APP_TRAINING_MODE", False)
 
@@ -70,11 +71,13 @@ def __init__(self):
         # this is available to constrain torch threads when there
         # isn't a GPU
         # You probably want to set to 1
+        # Not sure what happens if torch is using a cuda device
         if self.torch_threads > 0:
             import torch
             torch.set_num_threads(self.torch_threads)
             self.log.info("Torch threads set to " + str(self.torch_threads))
 
+            
         self.log.info("MedCAT processor is ready")
 
     def get_app_info(self):
diff --git a/start-service-prod.sh b/start-service-prod.sh
index f0c3468..ef8fbd9 100644
--- a/start-service-prod.sh
+++ b/start-service-prod.sh
@@ -34,5 +34,6 @@ SERVER_ACCESS_LOG_FORMAT="%(t)s [ACCESSS] %(h)s \"%(r)s\" %(s)s \"%(f)s\" \"%(a)
 #
 echo "Starting up Flask app using gunicorn server ..."
 gunicorn --bind $SERVER_HOST:$SERVER_PORT --workers=$SERVER_WORKERS --threads=$SERVER_THREADS --timeout=$SERVER_WORKER_TIMEOUT \
-  --access-logformat="$SERVER_ACCESS_LOG_FORMAT" --access-logfile=- --log-file=- --log-level info \
+	 --access-logformat="$SERVER_ACCESS_LOG_FORMAT" --access-logfile=- --log-file=- --log-level info \
+	 --config /cat/config.py \
   wsgi