diff --git a/whisper/compose.yaml b/whisper/compose.yaml
index d53ffad..9957dc0 100644
--- a/whisper/compose.yaml
+++ b/whisper/compose.yaml
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ services:
       - whisper-live-data:/var/lib/whisper-live
     
     # Tells WhisperLive to use the OpenVINO hardware engine
-    command: ["python3", "run_server.py", "--port", "9090", "--backend", "openvino"]
+    command: ["python3", "run_server.py", "--port", "9090", "--backend", "openvino", "--omp_num_threads", "4", "--max_clients", "1", "--max_connection_time", "7200", "--raw_pcm_input"]
 
     devices:
       - /dev/dri/renderD128:/dev/dri/renderD128
       - /dev/dri/card1:/dev/dri/card1  # Change to card0 if your 13700K is the only GPU
 
-    cpuset: "0-15"          # Giving it all 16 P-core logical threads
-    mem_limit: 6g
+    cpuset: "0-7"          # 4 P-cores / 8 logical threads — sufficient for OpenVINO orchestration
+    mem_limit: 10g         # confirmed adequate from OOM testing
 
 volumes:
   whisper-live-data: