diff --git a/build-proxmox-template b/build-proxmox-template
index 1534c7f..db73021 100755
--- a/build-proxmox-template
+++ b/build-proxmox-template
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ qm resize ${VMID} scsi0 16G
 qm set ${VMID} --machine q35
 qm set ${VMID} --ostype l26
 qm set ${VMID} --cpu cputype=host
-qm set ${VMID} --cores 2
+qm set ${VMID} --cores 1
 qm set ${VMID} --serial0 socket --vga serial0
 qm set ${VMID} --agent 1,fstrim_cloned_disks=1
 qm set ${VMID} --ciuser chaos