diff --git a/container/Dockerfile b/container/Dockerfile
index 83fe3b999..9da444a0d 100644
--- a/container/Dockerfile
+++ b/container/Dockerfile
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 FROM ghcr.io/searxng/base:searxng-builder AS builder
 
-COPY ./requirements.txt ./requirements.txt
+COPY ./requirements*.txt ./
 
 RUN --mount=type=cache,id=pip,target=/root/.cache/pip python -m venv ./venv \
  && . ./venv/bin/activate \
  && pip install -r requirements.txt \
- && pip install "granian~=2.0"
+ && pip install -r requirements-server.txt
 
 COPY ./searx/ ./searx/
 
diff --git a/manage b/manage
index 22f3ae821..cf3abbca6 100755
--- a/manage
+++ b/manage
@@ -126,7 +126,20 @@ webapp.run() {
         sleep 3
         xdg-open http://127.0.0.1:8888/
     )&
-    SEARXNG_DEBUG=1 pyenv.cmd python -m searx.webapp
+    SEARXNG_DEBUG=1 \
+        GRANIAN_RELOAD="true" \
+        GRANIAN_RELOAD_IGNORE_WORKER_FAILURE="true" \
+        GRANIAN_RELOAD_PATHS="./searx" \
+        GRANIAN_PROCESS_NAME="searxng" \
+        GRANIAN_INTERFACE="wsgi" \
+        GRANIAN_HOST="::" \
+        GRANIAN_PORT="8888" \
+        GRANIAN_WEBSOCKETS="false" \
+        GRANIAN_LOOP="uvloop" \
+        GRANIAN_BLOCKING_THREADS="4" \
+        GRANIAN_WORKERS_KILL_TIMEOUT="30" \
+        GRANIAN_BLOCKING_THREADS_IDLE_TIMEOUT="300" \
+        pyenv.cmd granian searx.webapp:app
 }
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2119
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index f8fd0b754..1fc97d29a 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ wlc==1.15
 coloredlogs==15.0.1
 docutils>=0.21.2
 parameterized==0.9.0
+granian[reload]==2.4.2
diff --git a/requirements-server.txt b/requirements-server.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..359a3211e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements-server.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+granian==2.4.2
diff --git a/searx/webapp.py b/searx/webapp.py
index 2e1d3dea2..e4253c6e3 100755
--- a/searx/webapp.py
+++ b/searx/webapp.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 # pylint: disable=use-dict-literal
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import inspect
 import json
 import os
 import sys
@@ -28,8 +27,6 @@ from pygments import highlight
 from pygments.lexers import get_lexer_by_name
 from pygments.formatters import HtmlFormatter  # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module
 
-from werkzeug.serving import is_running_from_reloader
-
 from whitenoise import WhiteNoise
 from whitenoise.base import Headers
 
@@ -1364,38 +1361,6 @@ def run():
         app.run(port=port, host=host, threaded=True)
 
 
-def is_werkzeug_reload_active() -> bool:
-    """Returns ``True`` if server is is launched by :ref:`werkzeug.serving` and
-    the ``use_reload`` argument was set to ``True``.  If this is the case, it
-    should be avoided that the server is initialized twice (:py:obj:`init`,
-    :py:obj:`run`).
-
-    .. _werkzeug.serving:
-       https://werkzeug.palletsprojects.com/en/stable/serving/#werkzeug.serving.run_simple
-    """
-    logger.debug("sys.argv: %s", sys.argv)
-    if "uwsgi" in sys.argv[0] or "granian" in sys.argv[0]:
-        # server was launched by granian (or uWSGI)
-        return False
-
-    # https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pull/1656#issuecomment-1214198941
-    # https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pull/1616#issuecomment-1206137468
-
-    frames = inspect.stack()
-
-    if len(frames) > 1 and frames[-2].filename.endswith('flask/cli.py'):
-        # server was launched by "flask run", is argument "--reload" set?
-        if "--reload" in sys.argv or "--debug" in sys.argv:
-            return True
-
-    elif frames[0].filename.endswith('searx/webapp.py'):
-        # server was launched by "python -m searx.webapp" / see run()
-        if searx.sxng_debug:
-            return True
-
-    return False
-
-
 def init():
 
     if searx.sxng_debug or app.debug:
@@ -1408,17 +1373,6 @@ def init():
         logger.error("server.secret_key is not changed. Please use something else instead of ultrasecretkey.")
         sys.exit(1)
 
-    # When automatic reloading is activated stop Flask from initialising twice.
-    # - https://github.com/pallets/flask/issues/5307#issuecomment-1774646119
-    # - https://stackoverflow.com/a/25504196
-
-    reloader_active = is_werkzeug_reload_active()
-    werkzeug_run_main = is_running_from_reloader()
-
-    if reloader_active and not werkzeug_run_main:
-        logger.info("in reloading mode and not in main loop, cancel the initialization")
-        return
-
     locales_initialize()
     valkey_initialize()
     searx.plugins.initialize(app)