diff --git a/packages/prover/Dockerfile b/packages/prover/Dockerfile
index 2e3abfb..b09940a 100644
--- a/packages/prover/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/prover/Dockerfile
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ WORKDIR /root/params
 RUN curl https://storage.googleapis.com/zk-jwt-params/jwt-verifier.zkey --output ./jwt-verifier.zkey
 RUN curl https://storage.googleapis.com/zk-jwt-params/jwt-verifier_cpp.zip --output ./jwt-verifier_cpp.zip
 RUN unzip jwt-verifier_cpp.zip
+RUN chmod +x ./jwt-verifier_cpp/jwt-verifier
 WORKDIR /root
 
 RUN ls params
diff --git a/packages/prover/modal_server.py b/packages/prover/modal_server.py
index 164c13c..db01f73 100644
--- a/packages/prover/modal_server.py
+++ b/packages/prover/modal_server.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     mounts=[
         modal.Mount.from_local_python_packages("core"),
     ],
-    cpu=1,
+    cpu=16,
     secrets=[modal.Secret.from_name("gc-ether-email-auth-prover")],
 )
 @modal.wsgi_app()