diff --git a/backend/src/main.rs b/backend/src/main.rs
index e8f7548702..90758997cb 100644
--- a/backend/src/main.rs
+++ b/backend/src/main.rs
@@ -790,6 +790,10 @@ pub async fn run_workers<R: rsmq_async::RsmqConnection + Send + Sync + Clone + '
             .expect("could not create initial worker dir");
     }
 
+    tracing::info!(
+        "Starting {num_workers} workers and SLEEP_QUEUE={}ms",
+        *windmill_worker::SLEEP_QUEUE
+    );
     for i in 1..(num_workers + 1) {
         let db1 = db.clone();
         let instance_name = instance_name.clone();
@@ -802,7 +806,9 @@ pub async fn run_workers<R: rsmq_async::RsmqConnection + Send + Sync + Clone + '
         let hostname = hostname.clone();
 
         handles.push(tokio::spawn(async move {
-            tracing::info!(worker = %worker_name, "starting worker");
+            if num_workers > 1 {
+                tracing::info!(worker = %worker_name, "starting worker {i}");
+            }
 
             let f = windmill_worker::run_worker(
                 &db1,
diff --git a/backend/windmill-worker/src/worker.rs b/backend/windmill-worker/src/worker.rs
index fd8d386ce8..4d60f8db6c 100644
--- a/backend/windmill-worker/src/worker.rs
+++ b/backend/windmill-worker/src/worker.rs
@@ -287,10 +287,14 @@ lazy_static::lazy_static! {
 
     pub static ref JOB_TOKEN: Option<String> = std::env::var("JOB_TOKEN").ok();
 
-    static ref SLEEP_QUEUE: u64 = std::env::var("SLEEP_QUEUE")
+    pub static ref SLEEP_QUEUE: u64 = std::env::var("SLEEP_QUEUE")
     .ok()
     .and_then(|x| x.parse::<u64>().ok())
-    .unwrap_or(DEFAULT_SLEEP_QUEUE);
+    .unwrap_or(DEFAULT_SLEEP_QUEUE * std::env::var("NUM_WORKERS")
+    .ok()
+    .map(|x| x.parse().ok())
+    .flatten()
+    .unwrap_or(2) / 2);
 
 
     pub static ref DISABLE_NUSER: bool = std::env::var("DISABLE_NUSER")