diff --git a/gridded_glm/libexec/_minute_gridder.py b/gridded_glm/libexec/_minute_gridder.py
index 16b997cc2971a328d3c2df9cd363424eea87a9e5..c94532d64705a875f6a47d7924c669f7b5a7d7ad 100644
--- a/gridded_glm/libexec/_minute_gridder.py
+++ b/gridded_glm/libexec/_minute_gridder.py
@@ -55,9 +55,11 @@ from glmtools.io.glm import parse_glm_filename
 from lmatools.grid.fixed import get_GOESR_grid, get_GOESR_coordsys
 
 import logging
-
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+import dask
+dask.config.set(num_workers=8)
+
 def create_parser():
     import argparse
     prog = os.getenv('PROG_NAME', sys.argv[0])