diff --git a/src/linux/Dockerfile-debian b/src/linux/Dockerfile-debian
index a7220eea7..ab59055a9 100644
--- a/src/linux/Dockerfile-debian
+++ b/src/linux/Dockerfile-debian
@@ -37,10 +37,7 @@ WORKDIR /usr/share/bunkerweb
 RUN export MAKEFLAGS="-j$(nproc)" && \
     mkdir -p deps/python && \
     pip install --break-system-packages --no-cache-dir --require-hashes --ignore-installed -r /tmp/requirements-deps.txt && \
-    pip install --break-system-packages --no-cache-dir --require-hashes --force-reinstall --target deps/python $(for file in $(ls /tmp/req/requirements*.txt) ; do echo "-r ${file}" ; done | xargs) && \
-    if [ ! -f deps/python/zope/__init__.py ]; then \
-        touch deps/python/zope/__init__.py; \
-    fi # Ensure __init__.py exists to avoid import failures
+    pip install --break-system-packages --no-cache-dir --require-hashes --force-reinstall --target deps/python $(for file in $(ls /tmp/req/requirements*.txt) ; do echo "-r ${file}" ; done | xargs)
 
 # Copy files
 # can't exclude deps from . so we are copying everything by hand
diff --git a/src/linux/Dockerfile-fedora b/src/linux/Dockerfile-fedora
index 0797db3ae..8abc62683 100644
--- a/src/linux/Dockerfile-fedora
+++ b/src/linux/Dockerfile-fedora
@@ -33,10 +33,7 @@ WORKDIR /usr/share/bunkerweb
 RUN export MAKEFLAGS="-j$(nproc)" && \
     mkdir -p deps/python && \
     pip install --no-cache-dir --require-hashes --ignore-installed -r /tmp/requirements-deps.txt && \
-    pip install --no-cache-dir --require-hashes --force-reinstall --target deps/python $(for file in $(ls /tmp/req/requirements*.txt) ; do echo "-r ${file}" ; done | xargs) && \
-    if [ ! -f deps/python/zope/__init__.py ]; then \
-        touch deps/python/zope/__init__.py; \
-    fi # Ensure __init__.py exists to avoid import failures
+    pip install --no-cache-dir --require-hashes --force-reinstall --target deps/python $(for file in $(ls /tmp/req/requirements*.txt) ; do echo "-r ${file}" ; done | xargs)
 
 # Copy files
 # can't exclude deps from . so we are copying everything by hand
diff --git a/src/linux/Dockerfile-rhel b/src/linux/Dockerfile-rhel
index 25017bbcc..6a4cebe4c 100644
--- a/src/linux/Dockerfile-rhel
+++ b/src/linux/Dockerfile-rhel
@@ -44,10 +44,7 @@ RUN export MAKEFLAGS="-j$(nproc)" && \
   mkdir -p deps/python && \
   easy_install-3.9 pip && \
   pip install --no-cache-dir --require-hashes --ignore-installed -r /tmp/requirements-deps.txt && \
-  pip install --no-cache-dir --require-hashes --force-reinstall --target deps/python $(for file in $(ls /tmp/req/requirements*.txt) ; do echo "-r ${file}" ; done | xargs) && \
-  if [ ! -f deps/python/zope/__init__.py ]; then \
-      touch deps/python/zope/__init__.py; \
-  fi # Ensure __init__.py exists to avoid import failures
+  pip install --no-cache-dir --require-hashes --force-reinstall --target deps/python $(for file in $(ls /tmp/req/requirements*.txt) ; do echo "-r ${file}" ; done | xargs)
 
 # Copy files
 # can't exclude deps from . so we are copying everything by hand
diff --git a/src/linux/Dockerfile-rhel9 b/src/linux/Dockerfile-rhel9
index 93145e0a2..41d7314d8 100644
--- a/src/linux/Dockerfile-rhel9
+++ b/src/linux/Dockerfile-rhel9
@@ -45,10 +45,7 @@ RUN export MAKEFLAGS="-j$(nproc)" && \
   mkdir -p deps/python && \
   python3 -m ensurepip --upgrade && \
   python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir --require-hashes --ignore-installed -r /tmp/requirements-deps.txt && \
-  python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir --require-hashes --force-reinstall --target deps/python $(for file in $(ls /tmp/req/requirements*.txt) ; do echo "-r ${file}" ; done | xargs) && \
-  if [ ! -f deps/python/zope/__init__.py ]; then \
-      touch deps/python/zope/__init__.py; \
-  fi # Ensure __init__.py exists to avoid import failures
+  python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir --require-hashes --force-reinstall --target deps/python $(for file in $(ls /tmp/req/requirements*.txt) ; do echo "-r ${file}" ; done | xargs)
 
 # Copy files
 # can't exclude deps from . so we are copying everything by hand
diff --git a/src/linux/Dockerfile-ubuntu b/src/linux/Dockerfile-ubuntu
index d5e07babb..ec84296f6 100644
--- a/src/linux/Dockerfile-ubuntu
+++ b/src/linux/Dockerfile-ubuntu
@@ -37,10 +37,7 @@ WORKDIR /usr/share/bunkerweb
 RUN export MAKEFLAGS="-j$(nproc)" && \
     mkdir -p deps/python && \
     pip install --no-cache-dir --require-hashes --break-system-packages --ignore-installed -r /tmp/requirements-deps.txt && \
-    pip install --no-cache-dir --require-hashes --break-system-packages --force-reinstall --target deps/python $(for file in $(ls /tmp/req/requirements*.txt) ; do echo "-r ${file}" ; done | xargs) && \
-    if [ ! -f deps/python/zope/__init__.py ]; then \
-        touch deps/python/zope/__init__.py; \
-    fi # Ensure __init__.py exists to avoid import failures
+    pip install --no-cache-dir --require-hashes --break-system-packages --force-reinstall --target deps/python $(for file in $(ls /tmp/req/requirements*.txt) ; do echo "-r ${file}" ; done | xargs)
 
 # Copy files
 # can't exclude deps from . so we are copying everything by hand
diff --git a/src/linux/Dockerfile-ubuntu-jammy b/src/linux/Dockerfile-ubuntu-jammy
index cd448deb0..6a2b7a28c 100644
--- a/src/linux/Dockerfile-ubuntu-jammy
+++ b/src/linux/Dockerfile-ubuntu-jammy
@@ -37,10 +37,7 @@ WORKDIR /usr/share/bunkerweb
 RUN export MAKEFLAGS="-j$(nproc)" && \
     mkdir -p deps/python && \
     pip install --no-cache-dir --require-hashes --ignore-installed -r /tmp/requirements-deps.txt && \
-    pip install --no-cache-dir --require-hashes --force-reinstall --target deps/python $(for file in $(ls /tmp/req/requirements*.txt) ; do echo "-r ${file}" ; done | xargs) && \
-    if [ ! -f deps/python/zope/__init__.py ]; then \
-        touch deps/python/zope/__init__.py; \
-    fi # Ensure __init__.py exists to avoid import failures
+    pip install --no-cache-dir --require-hashes --force-reinstall --target deps/python $(for file in $(ls /tmp/req/requirements*.txt) ; do echo "-r ${file}" ; done | xargs)
 
 # Copy files
 # can't exclude deps from . so we are copying everything by hand
diff --git a/src/ui/gunicorn.conf.py b/src/ui/gunicorn.conf.py
index 20df9f9b9..8643b8b38 100644
--- a/src/ui/gunicorn.conf.py
+++ b/src/ui/gunicorn.conf.py
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ for deps_path in [join(sep, "usr", "share", "bunkerweb", *paths) for paths in ((
     if deps_path not in sys_path:
         sys_path.append(deps_path)
 
-from gevent.monkey import patch_all
-
-patch_all()
-
 from passlib.totp import generate_secret
 
 from logger import setup_logger  # type: ignore
@@ -58,7 +54,7 @@ pythonpath = join(sep, "usr", "share", "bunkerweb", "deps", "python")
 proxy_allow_ips = "*"
 casefold_http_method = True
 workers = MAX_WORKERS
-worker_class = "gevent"
+worker_class = "gthread"
 threads = int(getenv("MAX_THREADS", MAX_WORKERS * 2))
 max_requests_jitter = min(8, MAX_WORKERS)
 graceful_timeout = 30