diff --git a/.pct-helpers b/.pct-helpers
index 9c3e311..3ca3e09 100644
--- a/.pct-helpers
+++ b/.pct-helpers
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ normpath(){
 #	https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Linux_Container
 getLatestTemplate(){
 	#IFS=$'\n'
+	@ pveam update 
+
 	local templates=($(pveam available | grep -o ''${1}'.*$'))
 	local latest=${templates[-1]}
 
@@ -243,6 +245,7 @@ readVars(){
 	xread "Hostname: " CTHOSTNAME
 
 	# hardware...
+	xread "CPU cores: " CORES
 	xread "RAM (MB): " RAM
 	xread "SWAP (MB): " SWAP
 	xread "DRIVE (GB): " DRIVE
diff --git a/gate-traefik/make.sh b/gate-traefik/make.sh
index 4a6d87d..69c2503 100755
--- a/gate-traefik/make.sh
+++ b/gate-traefik/make.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ readConfig
 DFL_ID=${DFL_ID:=101}
 DFL_CTHOSTNAME=${GATE_HOSTNAME:=${DFL_CTHOSTNAME:=gate}}
 
+CORES=1
 RAM=128
 SWAP=$RAM
 DRIVE=0.5
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ readVars
 
 OPTS_STAGE_1="\
 	--hostname $CTHOSTNAME \
+	--cores $CORES \
 	--memory $RAM \
 	--swap $SWAP \
 	--net0 name=wan,bridge=vmbr${WAN_BRIDGE},firewall=1${WAN_GATE:+,gw=${WAN_GATE}}${WAN_IP:+,ip=${WAN_IP}},type=veth \
diff --git a/nextcloud/make.sh b/nextcloud/make.sh
index 827bcb5..9cbb907 100755
--- a/nextcloud/make.sh
+++ b/nextcloud/make.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ readConfig
 DFL_ID=${DFL_ID:=300}
 DFL_CTHOSTNAME=${DFL_CTHOSTNAME:=nextcloud}
 
+DFL_CORES=${DFL_CORES:=2}
 DFL_RAM=${DFL_RAM:=2048}
 DFL_SWAP=${DFL_SWAP:=${DFL_RAM:=2048}}
 DFL_DRIVE=${DFL_DRIVE:=40}
@@ -40,8 +41,8 @@ readVars
 
 # XXX  cores...
 OPTS_STAGE_1="\
-	--cores 2 \
 	--hostname $CTHOSTNAME \
+	--cores $CORES \
 	--memory $RAM \
 	--swap $SWAP \
 	--net0 name=lan,bridge=vmbr${LAN_BRIDGE},firewall=1,ip=dhcp,type=veth \
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ buildAssets "$TEMPLATE_DIR" "$ASSETS_DIR"
 echo "# Creating CT..."
 getLatestTemplate '.*-turnkey-nextcloud' TEMPLATE
 pctCreate $ID "$TEMPLATE" "$OPTS_STAGE_1" "$PASS"
+sleep ${TIMEOUT:=5}
 
 echo "# Starting TKL Setup (this may take a few minutes to start)..."
 @ lxc-attach $ID -- bash --login -c exit
diff --git a/ns/make.sh b/ns/make.sh
index 746ebc0..8500e64 100755
--- a/ns/make.sh
+++ b/ns/make.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ readConfig
 DFL_ID=${DFL_ID:=100}
 DFL_CTHOSTNAME=${NS_HOSTNAME:=${DFL_CTHOSTNAME:=ns}}
 
+CORES=1
 RAM=128
 SWAP=$RAM
 DRIVE=0.5
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ readVars
 
 OPTS_STAGE_1="\
 	--hostname $CTHOSTNAME \
+	--cores $CORES \
 	--memory $RAM \
 	--swap $SWAP \
 	--net0 name=lan,bridge=vmbr${LAN_BRIDGE},firewall=1${LAN_GATE:+,gw=$LAN_GATE}${LAN_IP:+,ip=$LAN_IP},type=veth \
diff --git a/ssh/make.sh b/ssh/make.sh
index 0723588..76e332f 100755
--- a/ssh/make.sh
+++ b/ssh/make.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ readConfig
 DFL_ID=${DFL_ID:=102}
 DFL_CTHOSTNAME=${DFL_CTHOSTNAME:=ssh}
 
+DFL_CORES=${DFL_CORES:=1}
 DFL_RAM=${DFL_RAM:=1024}
 DFL_SWAP=${DFL_SWAP:=${DFL_RAM:=1024}}
 DFL_DRIVE=${DFL_DRIVE:=16}
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ readVars
 
 OPTS_STAGE_1="\
 	--hostname $CTHOSTNAME \
+	--cores $CORES \
 	--memory $RAM \
 	--swap $SWAP \
 	--net0 name=lan,bridge=vmbr${LAN_BRIDGE},firewall=1,ip=dhcp,type=veth \
diff --git a/syncthing/make.sh b/syncthing/make.sh
index dc3e471..41be0fb 100755
--- a/syncthing/make.sh
+++ b/syncthing/make.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ readConfig
 DFL_ID=${DFL_ID:=301}
 DFL_CTHOSTNAME=${DFL_CTHOSTNAME:=syncthing}
 
+DFL_CORES=${DFL_CORES:=1}
 DFL_RAM=${DFL_RAM:=1024}
 DFL_SWAP=${DFL_SWAP:=${DFL_RAM:=1024}}
 DFL_DRIVE=${DFL_DRIVE:=8}
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ readVars
 
 OPTS_STAGE_1="\
 	--hostname $CTHOSTNAME \
+	--cores $CORES \
 	--memory $RAM \
 	--swap $SWAP \
 	--net0 name=lan,bridge=vmbr${LAN_BRIDGE},firewall=1,ip=dhcp,type=veth \