diff --git a/src/tripleo_aio_helpers/create_aio_vm.py b/src/tripleo_aio_helpers/create_aio_vm.py
index 96ee4a1..468e385 100644
--- a/src/tripleo_aio_helpers/create_aio_vm.py
+++ b/src/tripleo_aio_helpers/create_aio_vm.py
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ def parse_args():
     parser.add_argument("--input-image", required=True)
     parser.add_argument("--os-variant", required=True)
     parser.add_argument("--name", required=True)
-    parser.add_argument("--memory", default=2048)  # , type="int")
+    parser.add_argument("--memory", default=16384)  # , type="int")
+    parser.add_argument("--cpus", default=4)  # , type="int")
     parser.add_argument("--gateway", required=True)
     parser.add_argument("--cidr-1", required=True)
     parser.add_argument("--cidr-2", required=True)
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ def virt_install_cmd(args):
             --name {args.name} \\
             --memory {args.memory} \\
             --disk {args.output_image} \\
+            --vcpus {args.cpus} \\
             --import \\
             --graphics spice,listen=127.0.0.1 \\
             --video virtio \\
diff --git a/src/virt-install/user-data.tpl b/src/virt-install/user-data.tpl
index f9344b0..0b24be6 100644
--- a/src/virt-install/user-data.tpl
+++ b/src/virt-install/user-data.tpl
@@ -20,4 +20,12 @@ runcmd:
   - "subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-eus-rpms --enable=rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-eus-rpms  --enable=rhel-8-for-x86_64-highavailability-eus-rpms  --enable=ansible-2.9-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms  --enable=openstack-16.2-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms  --enable=fast-datapath-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms"
   - "dnf module disable -y container-tools:rhel8"
   - "dnf module enable -y container-tools:3.0"
-  - "dnf update -y"
\ No newline at end of file
+  - "dnf update -y"
+  - "echo ***************************************************************************"
+  - "echo ***                                                                     ***"
+  - "echo ***                                                                     ***"
+  - "echo ***              DNF UPDATE COMPLETE - REBOOT NOW                       ***"
+  - "echo ***                                                                     ***"
+  - "echo ***                                                                     ***"
+  - "echo ***************************************************************************"
+  - "reboot"