diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a0fed7f..98a6247 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -460,11 +460,12 @@ checksum = "37b2a672a2cb129a2e41c10b1224bb368f9f37a2b16b612598138befd7b37eb5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
-version = "1.0.79"
+version = "1.0.81"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "50d30906286121d95be3d479533b458f87493b30a4b5f79a607db8f5d11aa91f"
+checksum = "6c6b2562119bf28c3439f7f02db99faf0aa1a8cdfe5772a2ee155d32227239f0"
 dependencies = [
  "jobserver",
+ "libc",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1912,9 +1913,9 @@ checksum = "9b2a4787296e9989611394c33f193f676704af1686e70b8f8033ab5ba9a35a94"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pest"
-version = "2.7.1"
+version = "2.7.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0d2d1d55045829d65aad9d389139882ad623b33b904e7c9f1b10c5b8927298e5"
+checksum = "1acb4a4365a13f749a93f1a094a7805e5cfa0955373a9de860d962eaa3a5fe5a"
 dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
  "ucd-trie",
@@ -1922,9 +1923,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pest_derive"
-version = "2.7.1"
+version = "2.7.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5f94bca7e7a599d89dea5dfa309e217e7906c3c007fb9c3299c40b10d6a315d3"
+checksum = "666d00490d4ac815001da55838c500eafb0320019bbaa44444137c48b443a853"
 dependencies = [
  "pest",
  "pest_generator",
@@ -1932,9 +1933,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pest_generator"
-version = "2.7.1"
+version = "2.7.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "99d490fe7e8556575ff6911e45567ab95e71617f43781e5c05490dc8d75c965c"
+checksum = "68ca01446f50dbda87c1786af8770d535423fa8a53aec03b8f4e3d7eb10e0929"
 dependencies = [
  "pest",
  "pest_meta",
@@ -1945,9 +1946,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pest_meta"
-version = "2.7.1"
+version = "2.7.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2674c66ebb4b4d9036012091b537aae5878970d6999f81a265034d85b136b341"
+checksum = "56af0a30af74d0445c0bf6d9d051c979b516a1a5af790d251daee76005420a48"
 dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "pest",
@@ -2523,9 +2524,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
-version = "0.38.4"
+version = "0.38.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0a962918ea88d644592894bc6dc55acc6c0956488adcebbfb6e273506b7fd6e5"
+checksum = "1ee020b1716f0a80e2ace9b03441a749e402e86712f15f16fe8a8f75afac732f"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.3.3",
  "errno",
@@ -3518,7 +3519,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "websurfx"
-version = "0.15.3"
+version = "0.16.0"
 dependencies = [
  "actix-files",
  "actix-web",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c856b7d..ec8d159 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "websurfx"
-version = "0.15.3"
+version = "0.16.0"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "An open-source alternative to Searx that provides clean, ad-free, and organic results with incredible speed while keeping privacy and security in mind."
 repository = "https://github.com/neon-mmd/websurfx"
diff --git a/src/bin/websurfx.rs b/src/bin/websurfx.rs
index d8d7f5c..b4b989e 100644
--- a/src/bin/websurfx.rs
+++ b/src/bin/websurfx.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 //! stdout and handles the command line arguments provided and launches the `websurfx` server.
 
 use std::net::TcpListener;
-
 use websurfx::{config::parser::Config, run};
 
 /// The function that launches the main server and registers all the routes of the website.
@@ -16,15 +15,18 @@ use websurfx::{config::parser::Config, run};
 #[actix_web::main]
 async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
     // Initialize the parsed config file.
-    let config = Config::parse().unwrap();
+    let config = Config::parse(true).unwrap();
 
-    // Initializing logging middleware with level set to default or info.
-    if config.logging || config.debug {
-        use env_logger::Env;
-        env_logger::Builder::from_env(Env::default().default_filter_or("info")).init();
-    }
-
-    log::info!("started server on port {}", config.port);
+    log::info!(
+        "started server on port {} and IP {}",
+        config.port,
+        config.binding_ip
+    );
+    log::info!(
+        "Open http://{}:{}/ in your browser",
+        config.port,
+        config.binding_ip
+    );
 
     let listener = TcpListener::bind((config.binding_ip.clone(), config.port))?;
 
diff --git a/src/config/parser.rs b/src/config/parser.rs
index a665246..51a83ea 100644
--- a/src/config/parser.rs
+++ b/src/config/parser.rs
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 //! into rust readable form.
 
 use super::parser_models::Style;
+use log::LevelFilter;
 use rlua::Lua;
-use std::{collections::HashMap, format, fs, path::Path};
+use std::{collections::HashMap, format, fs, io::Write, path::Path, thread::available_parallelism};
 
 // ------- Constants --------
 static COMMON_DIRECTORY_NAME: &str = "websurfx";
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ static CONFIG_FILE_NAME: &str = "config.lua";
 /// * `debug` - It stores the option to whether enable or disable debug mode.
 /// * `upstream_search_engines` - It stores all the engine names that were enabled by the user.
 /// * `request_timeout` - It stores the time (secs) which controls the server request timeout.
+/// * `threads` - It stores the number of threads which controls the app will use to run.
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct Config {
     pub port: u16,
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub debug: bool,
     pub upstream_search_engines: Vec<String>,
     pub request_timeout: u8,
+    pub threads: u8,
 }
 
 /// Configuration options for the aggregator.
@@ -51,12 +54,17 @@ impl Config {
     /// A function which parses the config.lua file and puts all the parsed options in the newly
     /// constructed Config struct and returns it.
     ///
+    /// # Arguments
+    ///
+    /// * `logging_initialized` - It takes a boolean which ensures that the logging doesn't get
+    /// initialized twice.
+    ///
     /// # Error
     ///
     /// Returns a lua parse error if parsing of the config.lua file fails or has a syntax error
     /// or io error if the config.lua file doesn't exists otherwise it returns a newly constructed
     /// Config struct with all the parsed config options from the parsed config file.
-    pub fn parse() -> Result<Self, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    pub fn parse(logging_initialized: bool) -> Result<Self, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
         Lua::new().context(|context| -> Result<Self, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
             let globals = context.globals();
 
@@ -64,6 +72,38 @@ impl Config {
                 .load(&fs::read_to_string(Config::config_path()?)?)
                 .exec()?;
 
+            let parsed_threads: u8 = globals.get::<_, u8>("threads")?;
+
+            let debug: bool = globals.get::<_, bool>("debug")?;
+            let logging:bool= globals.get::<_, bool>("logging")?;
+
+            // Check whether logging has not been initialized before.
+            if logging_initialized {
+                // Initializing logging middleware with level set to default or info.
+                let mut log_level: LevelFilter = LevelFilter::Off;
+                if logging && debug == false {
+                    log_level = LevelFilter::Info;
+                } else if debug {
+                    log_level = LevelFilter::Trace;
+                };
+                env_logger::Builder::new().filter(None, log_level).init();
+            }
+
+            let threads: u8 = if parsed_threads == 0 {
+                    let total_num_of_threads:usize =  available_parallelism()?.get() /2;
+                if debug || logging {
+                    log::error!("Config Error: The value of `threads` option should be a non zero positive integer");
+                    log::info!("Falling back to using {} threads", total_num_of_threads)
+                } else {
+                    std::io::stdout()
+                        .lock()
+                        .write_all(&format!("Config Error: The value of `threads` option should be a non zero positive integer\nFalling back to using {} threads\n", total_num_of_threads).into_bytes())?;
+                };
+                total_num_of_threads as u8
+            } else {
+                parsed_threads
+            };
+
             Ok(Config {
                 port: globals.get::<_, u16>("port")?,
                 binding_ip: globals.get::<_, String>("binding_ip")?,
@@ -75,14 +115,15 @@ impl Config {
                 aggregator: AggregatorConfig {
                     random_delay: globals.get::<_, bool>("production_use")?,
                 },
-                logging: globals.get::<_, bool>("logging")?,
-                debug: globals.get::<_, bool>("debug")?,
+                logging,
+                debug,
                 upstream_search_engines: globals
                     .get::<_, HashMap<String, bool>>("upstream_search_engines")?
                     .into_iter()
                     .filter_map(|(key, value)| value.then_some(key))
                     .collect(),
                 request_timeout: globals.get::<_, u8>("request_timeout")?,
+                threads,
             })
         })
     }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index e226e14..48a2340 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ use handler::public_paths::public_path;
 /// use std::net::TcpListener;
 /// use websurfx::{config::parser::Config, run};
 ///
-/// let config = Config::parse().unwrap();
+/// let config = Config::parse(true).unwrap();
 /// let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:8080").expect("Failed to bind address");
 /// let server = run(listener,config).expect("Failed to start server");
 /// ```
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ pub fn run(listener: TcpListener, config: Config) -> std::io::Result<Server> {
 
     let handlebars_ref: web::Data<Handlebars> = web::Data::new(handlebars);
 
+    let cloned_config_threads_opt: u8 = config.threads;
+
     let server = HttpServer::new(move || {
         App::new()
             .app_data(handlebars_ref.clone())
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ pub fn run(listener: TcpListener, config: Config) -> std::io::Result<Server> {
             .service(routes::settings) // settings page
             .default_service(web::route().to(routes::not_found)) // error page
     })
+    .workers(cloned_config_threads_opt as usize)
     // Start server on 127.0.0.1 with the user provided port number. for example 127.0.0.1:8080.
     .listen(listener)?
     .run();
diff --git a/tests/index.rs b/tests/index.rs
index 657a466..d886e13 100644
--- a/tests/index.rs
+++ b/tests/index.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ fn spawn_app() -> String {
     // Binding to port 0 will trigger the OS to assign a port for us.
     let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").expect("Failed to bind random port");
     let port = listener.local_addr().unwrap().port();
-    let config = Config::parse().unwrap();
+    let config = Config::parse(true).unwrap();
     let server = run(listener, config).expect("Failed to bind address");
 
     tokio::spawn(server);
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ async fn test_index() {
     assert_eq!(res.status(), 200);
 
     let handlebars = handlebars();
-    let config = Config::parse().unwrap();
+    let config = Config::parse(false).unwrap();
     let template = handlebars.render("index", &config.style).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(res.text().await.unwrap(), template);
 }
diff --git a/websurfx/config.lua b/websurfx/config.lua
index 73bffe7..4f2633c 100644
--- a/websurfx/config.lua
+++ b/websurfx/config.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 -- ### General ###
 logging = true -- an option to enable or disable logs.
 debug = false -- an option to enable or disable debug mode.
+threads = 10 -- the amount of threads that the app will use to run (the value should be greater than 0).
 
 -- ### Server ###
 port = "8080" -- port on which server should be launched