diff --git a/thonkpad/nixhost/grun.sh b/thonkpad/nixhost/grun.sh
index 24fa0dc..059e7ba 100755
--- a/thonkpad/nixhost/grun.sh
+++ b/thonkpad/nixhost/grun.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 DRIVENAME=nixhost
 MEM_GB=1
 
-qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm \
+qemu-system-x86_64 -accel kvm \
     -m $(expr 1024 \* $MEM_GB) -drive file=./$DRIVENAME.qcow2,format=qcow2 
 
diff --git a/thonkpad/nixhost/run.sh b/thonkpad/nixhost/run.sh
index 4aa416c..0e0bf0b 100755
--- a/thonkpad/nixhost/run.sh
+++ b/thonkpad/nixhost/run.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ DRIVENAME=nixhost
 MEM_GB=1
 SSH_PORT=2022
 
-qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -nographic -vga none \
+qemu-system-x86_64 -accel kvm -nographic -vga none \
 	-net user,hostfwd=tcp::2022-:22 -net nic \
     -m $(expr 1024 \* $MEM_GB) -drive file=./$DRIVENAME.qcow2,format=qcow2 
 
diff --git a/thonkpad/winhost/grun.sh b/thonkpad/winhost/grun.sh
index 6985ceb..008fa89 100755
--- a/thonkpad/winhost/grun.sh
+++ b/thonkpad/winhost/grun.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ISO=windows
 DRIVENAME=winhost
 MEM_GB=8
 
-qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm \
+qemu-system-x86_64 -accel kvm \
     -m $(expr 1024 \* $MEM_GB) -drive file=./$DRIVENAME.qcow2,format=qcow2 \
-    -smp cores=2,threads=4 -vga virtio 
+    -smp cores=2,threads=3 -vga virtio 
 
diff --git a/thonkpad/winhost/run.sh b/thonkpad/winhost/run.sh
index 907f718..c0c77a6 100755
--- a/thonkpad/winhost/run.sh
+++ b/thonkpad/winhost/run.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ISO=windows
 DRIVENAME=winhost
 MEM_GB=8
 
-qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm \
+qemu-system-x86_64 -accel kvm \
     -m $(expr 1024 \* $MEM_GB) -drive file=./$DRIVENAME.qcow2,format=qcow2 \
     -smp cores=2,threads=4 -nographic