diff --git a/bundles/nginx/files/nginx.conf b/bundles/nginx/files/nginx.conf
index d3c1361..f4beed0 100644
--- a/bundles/nginx/files/nginx.conf
+++ b/bundles/nginx/files/nginx.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pid /var/run/nginx.pid;
 user www-data;
-worker_processes 10;
+worker_processes ${worker_processes};
 
 % for module in sorted(modules):
 load_module modules/ngx_${module}_module.so;
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ http {
     tcp_nopush on;
     client_max_body_size 32G;
     ssl_dhparam "/etc/ssl/certs/dhparam.pem";
+    # dont show nginx version
+    server_tokens off;
 
     % if node.has_bundle('php'):
     upstream php-handler {
diff --git a/bundles/nginx/items.py b/bundles/nginx/items.py
index 0fddc0c..b8f5849 100644
--- a/bundles/nginx/items.py
+++ b/bundles/nginx/items.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ files = {
         'content_type': 'mako',
         'context': {
             'modules': node.metadata.get('nginx/modules'),
+            'worker_processes': node.metadata.get('vm/cores'),
         },
         'triggers': {
             'svc_systemd:nginx:restart',