diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f1043325..ca36c1c0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.18.2
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	github.com/xdg/scram v1.0.5
+	go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.5.3
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 	gopkg.in/gomail.v2 v2.0.0-20160411212932-81ebce5c23df
 	gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2 v2.2.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3b0e08b8..ba1f6e0f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINE
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 h1:Jamvg5psRIccs7FGNTlIRMkT8wgtp5eCXdBlqhYGL6U=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/prashantv/gostub v1.1.0 h1:BTyx3RfQjRHnUWaGF9oQos79AlQ5k8WNktv7VGvVH4g=
+github.com/prashantv/gostub v1.1.0/go.mod h1:A5zLQHz7ieHGG7is6LLXLz7I8+3LZzsrV0P1IAHhP5U=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.19.0 h1:ygXvpU1AoN1MhdzckN+PyD9QJOSD4x7kmXYlnfbA6JU=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.19.0/go.mod h1:ZRM9uEAypZakd+q/x7+gmsvXdURP+DABIEIjnmDdp+k=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.1 h1:ZKSh/rekM+n3CeS952MLRAdFwIKqeY8b62p8ais2e9E=
@@ -125,6 +127,8 @@ github.com/xdg/scram v1.0.5/go.mod h1:lB8K/P019DLNhemzwFU4jHLhdvlE6uDZjXFejJXr49
 github.com/xdg/stringprep v1.0.3 h1:cmL5Enob4W83ti/ZHuZLuKD/xqJfus4fVPwE+/BDm+4=
 github.com/xdg/stringprep v1.0.3/go.mod h1:Jhud4/sHMO4oL310DaZAKk9ZaJ08SJfe+sJh0HrGL1Y=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.4.13/go.mod h1:6yULJ656Px+3vBD8DxQVa3kxgyrAnzto9xy5taEt/CY=
+go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.5.3 h1:kWazyxZUrS3Gs4qUpbwo5kEIMGe/DAvi5Z4tl2NW4j8=
+go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.5.3/go.mod h1:eRbA25aqJrxAbsLO0xy5jVwPt7FQnRgjW+efnwa1WM0=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0 h1:2K3zAYmnTNqV73imy9J1T3WC+gmCePx2hEGkimedGto=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0/go.mod h1:CoHD4mav9JJNrW/WLlf7HGZPjdw8EucARQHekz1X6bE=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 h1:blXXJkSxSSfBVBlC76pxqeO+LN3aDfLQo+309xJstO0=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 7f0a60ab..7109439d 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
-	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
+	_ "go.uber.org/automaxprocs"
 
 	"github.com/linkedin/Burrow/core"
 )
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@ func main() {
 	// This makes sure that we panic and run defers correctly
 	defer handleExit()
 
-	runtime.GOMAXPROCS(runtime.NumCPU())
-
 	// The only command line arg is the config file
 	configPath := flag.String("config-dir", ".", "Directory that contains the configuration file")
 	flag.Parse()