diff --git a/hosts/spindle-hel/services/spindle.nix b/hosts/spindle-hel/services/spindle.nix
index d04ed97..dc14f6e 100644
--- a/hosts/spindle-hel/services/spindle.nix
+++ b/hosts/spindle-hel/services/spindle.nix
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@
     };
     pipelines = {
       workflowTimeout = "15m";
-      nixery.maxConcurrentWorkflows = 16;
+      nixery.maxConcurrentWorkflows = 10;
       microvm = {
-        limits.total.memoryMiB = 40 * 1024; # 30gb + 10gb overcommit
+        limits.total.memoryMiB = 60 * 1024; # 50gb + 10gb overcommit
         cgroup = {
           enable = true;
           swapMaxMiB = 512; # don't let workflows use too much swap, will be too slow