diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 3a2f7bfd..e001694d 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ package main
 import (
 	"os"
 
+	"runtime"
+
 	"github.com/pkg/profile"
 
 	"github.com/abcum/surreal/cli"
@@ -33,6 +35,8 @@ func main() {
 		defer profile.Start(profile.BlockProfile, profile.ProfilePath("."), profile.NoShutdownHook).Stop()
 	}
 
+	runtime.GOMAXPROCS(runtime.NumCPU())
+
 	cli.Init()
 
 }