diff --git a/bin/frankenphp-worker.php b/bin/frankenphp-worker.php
index e3a342366..b003f91e4 100644
--- a/bin/frankenphp-worker.php
+++ b/bin/frankenphp-worker.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 $worker = null;
 $requestCount = 0;
-$maxRequests = $_ENV['MAX_REQUESTS'] ?? $_SERVER['MAX_REQUESTS'];
+$maxRequests = $_ENV['MAX_REQUESTS'] ?? $_SERVER['MAX_REQUESTS'] ?? 1000;
 $requestMaxExecutionTime = $_ENV['REQUEST_MAX_EXECUTION_TIME'] ?? $_SERVER['REQUEST_MAX_EXECUTION_TIME'] ?? null;
 
 if (PHP_OS_FAMILY === 'Linux' && ! is_null($requestMaxExecutionTime)) {
diff --git a/src/Commands/stubs/frankenphp-worker.php b/src/Commands/stubs/frankenphp-worker.php
index 1ac1c2352..8608d9a83 100755
--- a/src/Commands/stubs/frankenphp-worker.php
+++ b/src/Commands/stubs/frankenphp-worker.php
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
+// Set a default for the application base path and public path if they are missing...
+$_SERVER['APP_BASE_PATH'] = $_ENV['APP_BASE_PATH'] ?? $_SERVER['APP_BASE_PATH'] ?? __DIR__.'/..';
+$_SERVER['APP_PUBLIC_PATH'] = $_ENV['APP_PUBLIC_PATH'] ?? $_SERVER['APP_BASE_PATH'] ?? __DIR__;
+
 require __DIR__.'/../vendor/laravel/octane/bin/frankenphp-worker.php';