diff --git a/conf/mpcdf.config b/conf/mpcdf.config
index dafb362..7d51680 100644
--- a/conf/mpcdf.config
+++ b/conf/mpcdf.config
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ profiles {
         params {
             config_profile_description = 'MPCDF cobra profile provided by nf-core/configs.'
             max_memory = 725.GB
-            max_cpus = 80
+            max_cpus = 40
             max_time = 24.h
         }
     }