diff --git a/src/tye/Program.RunCommand.cs b/src/tye/Program.RunCommand.cs
index 3fde790e..b4413362 100644
--- a/src/tye/Program.RunCommand.cs
+++ b/src/tye/Program.RunCommand.cs
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
+using System;
 using System.CommandLine;
 using System.CommandLine.Invocation;
 using System.IO;
-using Tye.Hosting;
+using System.Threading;
 using Tye.ConfigModel;
+using Tye.Hosting;
 
 namespace Tye
 {
@@ -62,11 +64,30 @@ namespace Tye
                 }
 
                 var application = ConfigFactory.FromFile(path);
+                var serviceCount = application.Services.Count;
+
+                InitializeThreadPoolSettings(serviceCount);
+
                 var host = new TyeHost(application.ToHostingApplication(), args);
                 return host.RunAsync();
             });
 
             return command;
         }
+
+        private static void InitializeThreadPoolSettings(int serviceCount)
+        {
+            ThreadPool.GetMinThreads(out var workerThreads, out var completionPortThreads);
+
+            // We need to bump up the min threads to something reasonable so that the dashboard doesn't take forever
+            // to serve requests. All console IO is blocking in .NET so capturing stdoutput and stderror results in blocking thread pool threads.
+            // The thread pool handles bursts poorly and HTTP requests end up getting stuck behind spinning up docker containers and processes.
+
+            // Bumping the min threads doesn't mean we'll have min threads to start, it just means don't add a threads very slowly up to
+            // min threads
+            ThreadPool.SetMinThreads(Math.Max(workerThreads, serviceCount * 4), completionPortThreads);
+
+            // We use serviceCount * 4 because we currently launch multiple processes per service, this gives the dashboard some breathing room
+        }
     }
 }