diff --git a/nixos/boxes/colony/vms/default.nix b/nixos/boxes/colony/vms/default.nix
index 61fc632..e2c3685 100644
--- a/nixos/boxes/colony/vms/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/boxes/colony/vms/default.nix
@@ -46,9 +46,16 @@
             ]));
             hostDevices."${wanBDF}" = { };
           };
+
           shill = {
             uuid = "e34569ec-d24e-446b-aca8-a3b27abc1f9b";
+            smp = {
+              cpus = 4;
+              threads = 2;
+            };
+            memory = 8192;
             networks.vms.mac = "52:54:00:85:b3:b1";
+            cleanShutdown.timeout = 120;
             drives = mkMerge ([
               {
                 installer = {
diff --git a/nixos/modules/vms.nix b/nixos/modules/vms.nix
index fbc1c4d..e8bf22b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/vms.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/vms.nix
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ let
         "uuid ${i.uuid}"
         "machine ${i.machine}"
         "cpu ${i.cpu}"
-        "smp cpus=${toString i.smp.cpus},threads=${toString i.smp.threads}"
+        "smp cores=${toString i.smp.cpus},threads=${toString i.smp.threads}"
         "m ${toString i.memory}"
         "nographic"
         "vga ${i.vga}"