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+# http://michaelvanrooijen.com/articles/2011/06/01-more-concurrency-on-a-single-heroku-dyno-with-the-new-celadon-cedar-stack/
+
+worker_processes 3 # amount of unicorn workers to spin up
+timeout 30         # restarts workers that hang for 15 seconds
+
+preload_app true
+
+before_fork do |server, worker|
+  ActiveRecord::Base.connection.disconnect! if defined?(ActiveRecord::Base)
+end
+
+after_fork do |server, worker|
+  require 'travis'
+
+  Travis::Amqp.connect
+
+  ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection if defined?(ActiveRecord::Base)
+
+  if $metriks_reporter
+    $metriks_reporter.stop
+    $metriks_reporter.start
+  end
+end