diff --git a/playbooks/include/vm-create.yml b/playbooks/include/vm-create.yml
index 79f3367..3d3b120 100644
--- a/playbooks/include/vm-create.yml
+++ b/playbooks/include/vm-create.yml
@@ -65,8 +65,9 @@
           --name {{ inventory_hostname }} \
           --graphics none --boot useserial=on --noautoconsole \
           --serial pty,log.file={{ console_log }} \
-          --controller usb,model=none --sound none --memory {{ mem_size }} \
-          --vcpus {{ num_cpus }} --cpu host-passthrough \
+          --controller usb,model=none --sound none \
+          --vcpus "sockets=1,cores={{ num_cpus }},threads=1,placement=auto" \
+          --memory {{ mem_size }} --cpu host-passthrough \
           --disk /srv/libvirt/ssd/{{ inventory_hostname }}.a.img,cache=none,format=raw,bus=virtio,size={{ dsk_size }} \
           {{ extra_disks }} --initrd-inject {{ tmpdir.path }}/include.ks \
           {{ virt_install_network }} \