diff --git a/container/Dockerfile b/container/Dockerfile
index 880ae26fc..6632c287e 100644
--- a/container/Dockerfile
+++ b/container/Dockerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ COPY ./requirements.txt ./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 "uwsgi~=2.0"
+ && pip install "granian~=2.0"
 
 COPY ./searx/ ./searx/
 
@@ -27,13 +27,9 @@ ARG LABEL_VCS_URL="unspecified"
 
 COPY --chown=searxng:searxng --from=builder /usr/local/searxng/venv/ ./venv/
 COPY --chown=searxng:searxng --from=builder /usr/local/searxng/searx/ ./searx/
-COPY --chown=searxng:searxng ./container/config/ ./.template/
+COPY --chown=searxng:searxng ./container/template/ ./.template/
 COPY --chown=searxng:searxng ./container/entrypoint.sh ./entrypoint.sh
 
-ARG TIMESTAMP_UWSGI="0"
-
-RUN touch -c --date=@$TIMESTAMP_UWSGI ./.template/uwsgi.ini
-
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="searxng <$GIT_URL>" \
       org.opencontainers.image.created="$LABEL_DATE" \
       org.opencontainers.image.description="A privacy-respecting, hackable metasearch engine" \
@@ -46,14 +42,23 @@ LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="searxng <$GIT_URL>" \
       org.opencontainers.image.version="$SEARXNG_GIT_VERSION"
 
 ENV SEARXNG_VERSION="$SEARXNG_GIT_VERSION" \
-    INSTANCE_NAME="SearXNG" \
-    AUTOCOMPLETE="" \
-    BASE_URL="" \
-    BIND_ADDRESS="[::]:8080" \
     SEARXNG_SETTINGS_PATH="$CONFIG_PATH/settings.yml" \
-    UWSGI_SETTINGS_PATH="$CONFIG_PATH/uwsgi.ini" \
-    UWSGI_WORKERS="%k" \
-    UWSGI_THREADS="4"
+    GRANIAN_PROCESS_NAME="searxng" \
+    GRANIAN_INTERFACE="wsgi" \
+    GRANIAN_HOST="::" \
+    GRANIAN_PORT="8080" \
+    # https://github.com/emmett-framework/granian/issues/568
+    GRANIAN_HTTP1_KEEP_ALIVE="false" \
+    GRANIAN_WEBSOCKETS="false" \
+    GRANIAN_LOOP="uvloop" \
+    GRANIAN_BLOCKING_THREADS="2" \
+    GRANIAN_RUNTIME_THREADS="3" \
+    GRANIAN_RUNTIME_BLOCKING_THREADS="2" \
+    GRANIAN_RESPAWN_INTERVAL="0" \
+    GRANIAN_WORKERS_KILL_TIMEOUT="30" \
+    GRANIAN_BACKPRESSURE="1024" \
+    GRANIAN_STATIC_PATH_MOUNT="/usr/local/searxng/searx/static/" \
+    GRANIAN_STATIC_PATH_EXPIRES="3600"
 
 VOLUME $CONFIG_PATH
 VOLUME $DATA_PATH
diff --git a/container/base-builder.yml b/container/base-builder.yml
index d6566f790..928e09232 100644
--- a/container/base-builder.yml
+++ b/container/base-builder.yml
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ contents:
     - python3-dev
     - py3-pip
     - brotli
-    # uwsgi
-    - libffi-dev
 
 entrypoint:
   command: /bin/sh -l
diff --git a/container/base.yml b/container/base.yml
index e0a3d9d07..0fb742595 100644
--- a/container/base.yml
+++ b/container/base.yml
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ contents:
     - python3
     # healthcheck
     - wget
-    # uwsgi
-    - libxml2
-    - mailcap
 
 entrypoint:
   command: /bin/sh -l
diff --git a/container/config/uwsgi.ini b/container/config/uwsgi.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index 3bfd49e72..000000000
--- a/container/config/uwsgi.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-[uwsgi]
-# Listening address
-# default value: [::]:8080 (see Dockerfile)
-http-socket = $(BIND_ADDRESS)
-
-# Who will run the code
-uid = searxng
-gid = searxng
-
-# Number of workers (usually CPU count)
-# default value: %k (= number of CPU core, see Dockerfile)
-workers = $(UWSGI_WORKERS)
-
-# Number of threads per worker
-# default value: 4 (see Dockerfile)
-threads = $(UWSGI_THREADS)
-
-# The right granted on the created socket
-chmod-socket = 666
-
-# Plugin to use and interpreter config
-single-interpreter = true
-master = true
-lazy-apps = true
-enable-threads = true
-
-# Module to import
-module = searx.webapp
-
-# Virtualenv and python path
-pythonpath = /usr/local/searxng/
-chdir = /usr/local/searxng/searx/
-
-# automatically set processes name to something meaningful
-auto-procname = true
-
-# Disable request logging for privacy
-disable-logging = true
-log-5xx = true
-
-# Set the max size of a request (request-body excluded)
-buffer-size = 8192
-
-# No keep alive
-# See https://github.com/searx/searx-docker/issues/24
-add-header = Connection: close
-
-# Follow SIGTERM convention
-# See https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/3427
-die-on-term
-
-# uwsgi serves the static files
-static-map = /static=/usr/local/searxng/searx/static
-static-gzip-all = True
-offload-threads = %k
diff --git a/container/entrypoint.sh b/container/entrypoint.sh
index 8fbdb6947..d9b6b91de 100755
--- a/container/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/container/entrypoint.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # shellcheck shell=dash
 set -u
 
+# Check if it's a valid file
 check_file() {
     local target="$1"
 
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ EOF
     fi
 }
 
+# Check if it's a valid directory
 check_directory() {
     local target="$1"
 
@@ -47,66 +49,30 @@ EOF
         ;;
     esac
 
-    if [ "$(stat -c %U:%G "$target")" != "searxng:searxng" ]; then
-        if [ "$(id -u)" -eq 0 ]; then
+    target_ownership=$(stat -c %U:%G "$target")
+
+    if [ "$target_ownership" != "searxng:searxng" ]; then
+        if [ "${FORCE_OWNERSHIP:-true}" = true ] && [ "$(id -u)" -eq 0 ]; then
             chown -R searxng:searxng "$target"
         else
             cat <<EOF
 !!!
 !!! WARNING
-!!! "$target" $type is not owned by "searxng"
+!!! "$target" $type is not owned by "searxng:searxng"
 !!! This may cause issues when running SearXNG
 !!!
-!!! Run the container as root to fix this issue automatically
-!!! Alternatively, you can chown the $type manually:
-!!! $ chown -R searxng:searxng "$target"
+!!! Expected "searxng:searxng"
+!!! Got "$target_ownership"
 !!!
 EOF
         fi
     fi
 }
 
-# Apply envs to uwsgi.ini
-setup_uwsgi() {
-    local timestamp
-
-    timestamp=$(stat -c %Y "$UWSGI_SETTINGS_PATH")
-
-    sed -i \
-        -e "s|workers = .*|workers = ${UWSGI_WORKERS:-%k}|g" \
-        -e "s|threads = .*|threads = ${UWSGI_THREADS:-4}|g" \
-        "$UWSGI_SETTINGS_PATH"
-
-    # Restore timestamp
-    touch -c -d "@$timestamp" "$UWSGI_SETTINGS_PATH"
-}
-
-# Apply envs to settings.yml
-setup_searxng() {
-    local timestamp
-
-    timestamp=$(stat -c %Y "$SEARXNG_SETTINGS_PATH")
-
-    # Ensure trailing slash in BASE_URL
-    # https://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/gnu/bash/manual/bash.html#Shell-Parameter-Expansion
-    export BASE_URL="${BASE_URL%/}/"
-
-    sed -i \
-        -e "s|base_url: false|base_url: ${BASE_URL:-false}|g" \
-        -e "s/instance_name: \"SearXNG\"/instance_name: \"${INSTANCE_NAME:-SearXNG}\"/g" \
-        -e "s/autocomplete: \"\"/autocomplete: \"${AUTOCOMPLETE:-}\"/g" \
-        -e "s/ultrasecretkey/$(head -c 24 /dev/urandom | base64 | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9')/g" \
-        "$SEARXNG_SETTINGS_PATH"
-
-    # Restore timestamp
-    touch -c -d "@$timestamp" "$SEARXNG_SETTINGS_PATH"
-}
-
 # Handle volume mounts
 volume_handler() {
     local target="$1"
 
-    # Check if it's a valid directory
     check_directory "$target"
     setup_ownership "$target" "directory"
 }
@@ -143,24 +109,22 @@ EOF
 ...
 EOF
         cp -pfT "$template" "$target"
+
+        sed -i "s/ultrasecretkey/$(head -c 24 /dev/urandom | base64 | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9')/g" "$target"
     fi
 
-    # Check if it's a valid file
     check_file "$target"
 }
 
-echo "SearXNG $SEARXNG_VERSION"
+cat <<EOF
+SearXNG $SEARXNG_VERSION
+EOF
 
 # Check for volume mounts
 volume_handler "$CONFIG_PATH"
 volume_handler "$DATA_PATH"
 
-# Check for updates in files
-config_handler "$UWSGI_SETTINGS_PATH" "/usr/local/searxng/.template/uwsgi.ini"
+# Check for files
 config_handler "$SEARXNG_SETTINGS_PATH" "/usr/local/searxng/searx/settings.yml"
 
-# Update files
-setup_uwsgi
-setup_searxng
-
-exec /usr/local/searxng/venv/bin/uwsgi --http-socket "$BIND_ADDRESS" "$UWSGI_SETTINGS_PATH"
+exec /usr/local/searxng/venv/bin/granian searx.webapp:app
diff --git a/container/template/.empty b/container/template/.empty
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/docs/admin/installation-docker.rst b/docs/admin/installation-docker.rst
index fba7268a2..64b5c47db 100644
--- a/docs/admin/installation-docker.rst
+++ b/docs/admin/installation-docker.rst
@@ -87,14 +87,9 @@ instance using `docker run <https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/run/>`_:
    $ docker run --rm \
                 -d -p ${PORT}:8080 \
                 -v "${PWD}/searxng:/etc/searxng" \
-                -e "BASE_URL=http://localhost:$PORT/" \
-                -e "INSTANCE_NAME=my-instance" \
                 searxng/searxng
    2f998.... # container's ID
 
-The environment variables UWSGI_WORKERS and UWSGI_THREADS overwrite the default
-number of UWSGI processes and UWSGI threads specified in `/etc/searxng/uwsgi.ini`.
-
 Open your WEB browser and visit the URL:
 
 .. code:: sh
diff --git a/utils/lib_sxng_container.sh b/utils/lib_sxng_container.sh
index b1e80717b..9abed5afb 100644
--- a/utils/lib_sxng_container.sh
+++ b/utils/lib_sxng_container.sh
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ container.build() {
         # shellcheck disable=SC2086
         "$container_engine" $params_build \
             --build-arg="TIMESTAMP_SETTINGS=$(git log -1 --format="%cd" --date=unix -- ./searx/settings.yml)" \
-            --build-arg="TIMESTAMP_UWSGI=$(git log -1 --format="%cd" --date=unix -- ./container/config/uwsgi.ini)" \
             --build-arg="GIT_URL=$GIT_URL" \
             --build-arg="SEARXNG_GIT_VERSION=$VERSION_STRING" \
             --build-arg="LABEL_DATE=$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)" \