diff --git a/benchmarks/diffractive_vm/config.yml b/benchmarks/diffractive_vm/config.yml
index 437f513c8046a914ab0684657d60b969ac87cba9..91d1c9ca5e10bebfaaa677d296260425fa017d28 100644
--- a/benchmarks/diffractive_vm/config.yml
+++ b/benchmarks/diffractive_vm/config.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ diffractive_vm:simulate:
       - VM: jpsi
   timeout: 96 hour
   script:
-    - snakemake --cores 1 diffractive_vm_run_locally
+    - snakemake --cores 10 diffractive_vm_run_locally
   retry:
     max: 2
     when: