diff --git a/fastwsgi.py b/fastwsgi.py
index a909023..12a4a4d 100644
--- a/fastwsgi.py
+++ b/fastwsgi.py
@@ -29,13 +29,17 @@ class _Server():
         self.max_chunk_size = None      # def value: 256 KiB
         self.read_buffer_size = None    # def value: 64 KiB
         self.nowait = 0
+        self.num_workers = 1
+        self.worker_list = [ ]
         
-    def init(self, app, host = None, port = None, backlog = None, loglevel = None):
+    def init(self, app, host = None, port = None, loglevel = None, workers = None):
         self.app = app
         self.host = host if host else self.host
         self.port = port if port else self.port
-        self.backlog = backlog if backlog else self.backlog
         self.loglevel = loglevel if loglevel is not None else self.loglevel
+        self.num_workers = workers if workers is not None else self.num_workers
+        if self.num_workers > 1:
+            return 0
         return _fastwsgi.init_server(self)
 
     def set_allow_keepalive(self, value):
@@ -44,7 +48,11 @@ class _Server():
 
     def run(self):
         if self.nowait:
+            if self.num_workers > 1:
+                raise Exception('Incorrect server options')
             return _fastwsgi.run_nowait(self)
+        if self.num_workers > 1:
+            return self.multi_run()
         ret = _fastwsgi.run_server(self)
         self.close()
         return ret
@@ -52,35 +60,34 @@ class _Server():
     def close(self):
         return _fastwsgi.close_server(self)
 
+    def multi_run(self, num_workers = None):
+        if num_workers is not None:
+            self.num_workers = num_workers
+        for _ in range(self.num_workers):
+            pid = os.fork()
+            if pid > 0:
+                self.worker_list.append(pid)
+                print(f"Worker process added with PID: {pid}")
+                continue
+            try:
+                _fastwsgi.init_server(self)
+                _fastwsgi.run_server(self)
+            except KeyboardInterrupt:
+                pass
+            sys.exit(0)
+        try:
+            for _ in range(self.num_workers):
+                os.wait()
+        except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            print("\n" + "Stopping all workers")
+            for worker in self.worker_list:
+                os.kill(worker, signal.SIGINT)
+        return 0
+
 server = _Server()
 
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-NUM_WORKERS = 4
-
-def run_multi_process_server(app):
-    workers = []
-    for _ in range(NUM_WORKERS):
-        pid = os.fork()
-        if pid > 0:
-            workers.append(pid)
-            print(f"Worker process added with PID: {pid}")
-        else:
-            try:
-                server.init(app)
-                server.run()
-            except KeyboardInterrupt:
-                sys.exit(0)
-
-    try:
-        for _ in range(NUM_WORKERS):
-            os.wait()
-    except KeyboardInterrupt:
-        print("\nStopping all workers")
-        for worker in workers:
-            os.kill(worker, signal.SIGINT)
-
-
 def import_from_string(import_str):
     module_str, _, attrs_str = import_str.partition(":")
     if not module_str or not attrs_str:
@@ -103,12 +110,6 @@ def import_from_string(import_str):
 
     return module
 
-
-def print_server_details(host, port):
-    print(f"\n==== FastWSGI ==== ")
-    print(f"Host: {host}\nPort: {port}")
-    print("==================\n")
-
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 @click.command()
@@ -131,17 +132,15 @@ def run_from_cli(host, port, wsgi_app_import_string, loglevel):
         print(f"Error importing WSGI app: {e}")
         sys.exit(1)
 
-    print_server_details(host, port)
-    server.init(wsgi_app, host, port, loglevel = loglevel)
-    print(f"Server listening at http://{host}:{port}")
+    server.init(wsgi_app, host, port, loglevel)
+    print(f"FastWSGI server listening at http://{server.host}:{server.port}")
     server.run()
 
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-def run(wsgi_app, host = server.host, port = server.port, backlog = server.backlog, loglevel = server.loglevel):
-    print_server_details(host, port)
-    print(f"Running on PID:", os.getpid())
-    server.init(wsgi_app, host, port, backlog, loglevel)
-    print(f"Server listening at http://{host}:{port}")
-    server.run()    
-    # run_multi_process_server(wsgi_app)
+def run(wsgi_app, host = None, port = None, loglevel = None, workers = None):
+    print("FastWSGI server running on PID:", os.getpid())
+    server.init(wsgi_app, host, port, loglevel, workers)
+    addon = " multiple workers" if server.num_workers > 1 else ""
+    print(f"FastWSGI server{addon} listening at http://{server.host}:{server.port}")
+    server.run()
diff --git a/fastwsgi/common.c b/fastwsgi/common.c
index 809e354..db2d0a0 100644
--- a/fastwsgi/common.c
+++ b/fastwsgi/common.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "common.h"
 #include "llhttp.h"
+#include <time.h>
 
 void logrepr(int level, PyObject* obj)
 {
@@ -63,3 +64,33 @@ const char * get_obj_attr_str(PyObject * obj, const char * name)
     }
     return PyUnicode_AsUTF8(attr);
 }
+
+static const char weekDays[7][4] = { "Sun", "Mon", "Tue", "Wen", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat" };
+static const char monthList[12][4] = { "Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec" };
+
+time_t g_actual_time = 0;
+char g_actual_asctime[32] = { 0 };
+int g_actual_asctime_len = 0;
+
+int get_asctime(char ** asc_time)
+{
+    time_t curr_time = time(NULL);
+    if (curr_time == g_actual_time) {
+        *asc_time = g_actual_asctime;
+        return g_actual_asctime_len;
+    }
+    struct tm * tv = gmtime(&curr_time);
+    char buf[64];
+    int len = sprintf(buf, "%s, %d %s %04d %02d:%02d:%02d GMT",
+        weekDays[tv->tm_wday], tv->tm_mday, monthList[tv->tm_mon],
+        1900 + tv->tm_year, tv->tm_hour, tv->tm_min, tv->tm_sec);
+    if (len > 0 && len < 32) {
+        g_actual_time = curr_time;
+        g_actual_asctime_len = len;
+        memcpy(g_actual_asctime, buf, 32);
+        *asc_time = g_actual_asctime;
+        return len;
+    }
+    *asc_time = "";
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/fastwsgi/common.h b/fastwsgi/common.h
index cab9e2c..d748202 100644
--- a/fastwsgi/common.h
+++ b/fastwsgi/common.h
@@ -54,4 +54,6 @@ const char * get_http_status_name(int status);
 int64_t get_obj_attr_int(PyObject * obj, const char * name);
 const char * get_obj_attr_str(PyObject * obj, const char * name);
 
+int get_asctime(char ** asc_time);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/fastwsgi/request.c b/fastwsgi/request.c
index e1a6956..ccb2756 100644
--- a/fastwsgi/request.c
+++ b/fastwsgi/request.c
@@ -592,6 +592,7 @@ int build_response(client_t * client, int flags, int status, const void * header
     PyObject** body = client->response.body;
     StartResponse * response = NULL;
     int64_t body_size = _body_size;
+    int resp_date_present = 0;
 
     if (flags & RF_HEADERS_PYLIST) {
         response = (StartResponse *)headers;
@@ -635,6 +636,10 @@ int build_response(client_t * client, int flags, int status, const void * header
                 if (strcasecmp(key, "Connection") == 0)
                     continue;  // skip "Connection" header
 
+            if (key_len == 4)
+                if (strcasecmp(key, "Date") == 0)
+                    resp_date_present = 1;
+
             size_t value_len = 0;
             const char * value = PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize(PyTuple_GET_ITEM(tuple, 1), &value_len);
 
@@ -650,6 +655,14 @@ int build_response(client_t * client, int flags, int status, const void * header
         xbuf_add_str(head, (const char *)headers);
     }
 
+    if (!resp_date_present) {
+        char * date_str;
+        int date_len = get_asctime(&date_str);
+        xbuf_add(head, "Date: ", 6);
+        xbuf_add(head, date_str, date_len);
+        xbuf_add(head, "\r\n", 2);
+    }
+
     if ((flags & RF_SET_KEEP_ALIVE) != 0 && client->srv->allow_keepalive) {
         xbuf_add_str(head, "Connection: keep-alive\r\n");
     } else {