diff --git a/cmdline.c b/cmdline.c
index c9e719a..cd3f29a 100644
--- a/cmdline.c
+++ b/cmdline.c
@@ -329,8 +329,8 @@ bool cmdlineParse(int argc, char *argv[], struct nsjconf_t * nsjconf)
         .rl_cpu = 600,
         .rl_fsize = 1 * (1024 * 1024),
         .rl_nofile = 32,
-        .rl_nproc = cmdlineParseRLimit(RLIMIT_NPROC, "def", 1),
-        .rl_stack = cmdlineParseRLimit(RLIMIT_STACK, "def", 1),
+        .rl_nproc = cmdlineParseRLimit(RLIMIT_NPROC, "soft", 1),
+        .rl_stack = cmdlineParseRLimit(RLIMIT_STACK, "soft", 1),
         .personality = 0,
         .clone_newnet = true,
         .clone_newuser = true,