diff --git a/.env-sample b/.env-sample
index 177b4ee..a28a6d6 100644
--- a/.env-sample
+++ b/.env-sample
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ FASTAPI_PORT=8000
 FASTAPI_WORKERS=1 # DO NOT change this if you don't know what you are doing. Setting this to -1 will spawn a worker for each CPU core, which can consume several GBs of RAM and cause high CPU usage.
 USE_GUNICORN=True # Will use uvicorn if False or if on Windows
 GUNICORN_PRELOAD_APP=True # Set to False to start workers without preloading the app (reduces startup cost but requires schema to exist)
+EXECUTOR_MAX_WORKERS= # Max workers for ProcessPoolExecutor (handles CPU-intensive tasks like RTN parsing). Leave empty for auto (min(cpu_count, 4)). Increase for higher concurrency on CPU-bound workloads.
 
 # ============================== #
 # Playback Settings              #
diff --git a/comet/core/execution.py b/comet/core/execution.py
index 52821f9..d4f77c0 100644
--- a/comet/core/execution.py
+++ b/comet/core/execution.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import os
 import signal
 from concurrent.futures import ProcessPoolExecutor
 
+from comet.core.models import settings
+
 _mp_context = None
 try:
     _mp_context = multiprocessing.get_context("forkserver")
@@ -11,19 +13,19 @@ except ValueError:
     _mp_context = multiprocessing.get_context("spawn")
 
 app_executor = None
+max_workers = settings.EXECUTOR_MAX_WORKERS
+if max_workers is None:
+    cpu_count = os.cpu_count() or 1
+    max_workers = min(cpu_count, 4)
 
 
 def worker_initializer():
     signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_IGN)
 
 
-def setup_executor(max_workers: int | None = None):
+def setup_executor():
     global app_executor
 
-    if max_workers is None:
-        cpu_count = os.cpu_count() or 1
-        max_workers = min(cpu_count, 4)
-
     app_executor = ProcessPoolExecutor(
         max_workers=max_workers, mp_context=_mp_context, initializer=worker_initializer
     )
diff --git a/comet/core/logger.py b/comet/core/logger.py
index 0bbca1e..0a6cbee 100644
--- a/comet/core/logger.py
+++ b/comet/core/logger.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import time
 
 from loguru import logger
 
+from comet.core.execution import max_workers
 from comet.core.log_levels import (CUSTOM_LOG_LEVELS, STANDARD_LOG_LEVELS,
                                    get_level_info)
 
@@ -176,6 +177,11 @@ def log_startup_info(settings):
     )
     logger.log("COMET", f"Gunicorn Preload App: {settings.GUNICORN_PRELOAD_APP}")
 
+    logger.log(
+        "COMET",
+        f"ProcessPoolExecutor: {max_workers} workers {'(auto)' if settings.EXECUTOR_MAX_WORKERS is None else ''}",
+    )
+
     if settings.PUBLIC_BASE_URL:
         logger.log("COMET", f"Public Base URL: {settings.PUBLIC_BASE_URL}")
 
diff --git a/comet/core/models.py b/comet/core/models.py
index cdd5cf6..b7b5a29 100644
--- a/comet/core/models.py
+++ b/comet/core/models.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ class AppSettings(BaseSettings):
     FASTAPI_WORKERS: Optional[int] = 1
     USE_GUNICORN: Optional[bool] = True
     GUNICORN_PRELOAD_APP: Optional[bool] = True
+    EXECUTOR_MAX_WORKERS: Optional[int] = None
     ADMIN_DASHBOARD_PASSWORD: Optional[str] = "".join(
         random.choices(string.ascii_letters + string.digits, k=16)
     )