diff --git a/compose.yaml b/compose.yaml
index 4708f81903eeb04d71a791c11ece705568bb24e8..a7db4259b0ea3f50af1596c26c91598822124cfa 100755
--- a/compose.yaml
+++ b/compose.yaml
@@ -145,10 +145,16 @@ services:
       - "CLOVER_FILE_RAW=/published"
       - "CLOVER_FILE_DERIVED=/data/derived"
       - "CLOVER_SOT_KEY=${CLOVER_SOT_KEY}"
+      - "CLOVER_INDEX_CORES=12"
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          cpus: "16.0"
     restart: unless-stopped
     volumes:
       - "$CLOVER_ROOT/Documents/Config/paperclover:/data:rw"
-      - "$CLOVER_ROOT/Published:/published:ro"
+      # rw: the indexer scrubs exif location data in place
+      - "$CLOVER_ROOT/Published:/published:rw"
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:80"]
       interval: 10s