diff --git a/backend/mempool-config.sample.json b/backend/mempool-config.sample.json
index 9f7b773fb..c3b26a454 100644
--- a/backend/mempool-config.sample.json
+++ b/backend/mempool-config.sample.json
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
   "INITIAL_BLOCK_AMOUNT": 8,
   "TX_PER_SECOND_SPAN_SECONDS": 150,
   "ELECTRS_API_URL": "http://localhost:50001",
+  "CLUSTER_NUM_CORES": 1,
   "BISQ_ENABLED": false,
   "BISQ_BLOCKS_DATA_PATH": "/bisq/seednode-data/btc_mainnet/db/json",
   "BISQ_MARKET_ENABLED": false,
diff --git a/backend/src/api/bisq/markets-api.ts b/backend/src/api/bisq/markets-api.ts
index c3bac5a38..559a94faf 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/bisq/markets-api.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/bisq/markets-api.ts
@@ -505,7 +505,8 @@ class BisqMarketsApi {
     trade_id_to: string | undefined,
     trade_id_from: string | undefined,
     direction: 'buy' | 'sell' | undefined,
-    sort: string, limit: number,
+    sort: string,
+    limit: number,
     integerAmounts: boolean = true,
  ): TradesData[] {
     let trade_id_from_ts: number | null = null;
diff --git a/backend/src/index.ts b/backend/src/index.ts
index 6abb69332..8a47ba797 100644
--- a/backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/index.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import * as compression from 'compression';
 import * as http from 'http';
 import * as https from 'https';
 import * as WebSocket from 'ws';
+import * as cluster from 'cluster';
+import * as os from 'os';
 
 import { checkDbConnection } from './database';
 import routes from './routes';
@@ -19,13 +21,36 @@ import bisq from './api/bisq/bisq';
 import bisqMarkets from './api/bisq/markets';
 
 class Server {
-  wss: WebSocket.Server;
-  server: https.Server | http.Server;
-  app: Express;
+  private wss: WebSocket.Server | undefined;
+  private server: https.Server | http.Server | undefined;
+  private app: Express;
 
   constructor() {
     this.app = express();
 
+    if (!config.CLUSTER_NUM_CORES || config.CLUSTER_NUM_CORES === 1) {
+      this.startServer();
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (cluster.isMaster) {
+      console.log(`Mempool Server is running on port ${config.HTTP_PORT}`);
+
+      const numCPUs = config.CLUSTER_NUM_CORES;
+      for (let i = 0; i < numCPUs; i++) {
+        cluster.fork();
+      }
+
+      cluster.on('exit', (worker, code, signal) => {
+        console.log(`Mempool Worker #${worker.process.pid} died. Restarting...`, signal || code);
+        cluster.fork();
+      });
+    } else {
+      this.startServer(true);
+    }
+  }
+
+  startServer(worker = false) {
     this.app
       .use((req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
         res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*');
@@ -67,7 +92,11 @@ class Server {
     }
 
     this.server.listen(config.HTTP_PORT, () => {
-      console.log(`Server started on port ${config.HTTP_PORT}`);
+      if (worker) {
+        console.log(`Mempool Server worker #${process.pid} started`);
+      } else {
+        console.log(`Mempool Server is running on port ${config.HTTP_PORT}`);
+      }
     });
   }
 
@@ -79,7 +108,9 @@ class Server {
   }
 
   setUpWebsocketHandling() {
-    websocketHandler.setWebsocketServer(this.wss);
+    if (this.wss) {
+      websocketHandler.setWebsocketServer(this.wss);
+    }
     websocketHandler.setupConnectionHandling();
     statistics.setNewStatisticsEntryCallback(websocketHandler.handleNewStatistic.bind(websocketHandler));
     blocks.setNewBlockCallback(websocketHandler.handleNewBlock.bind(websocketHandler));