diff --git a/vm/flake.nix b/vm/flake.nix
index 227fd8a..f98983b 100644
--- a/vm/flake.nix
+++ b/vm/flake.nix
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
                 source ${selfPkgs.vm}/bin/run-${hostname}-vm \
                   -enable-kvm \
                   -m 6G \
-                  -smp 2 \
+                  -smp 4 \
                   -cpu host \
                   -virtfs local,path=$(${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/pwd)/..,mount_tag=host0,security_model=mapped-xattr,id=host0
               '';