diff --git a/deploy/run_prule_daemon.sh b/deploy/run_prule_daemon.sh
index a93abfb1cd3250a9be4db7f7966641bb198c9b9a..9b3a0f90cd6f7136194b9e3bbfdcfc75b5e979c3 100644
--- a/deploy/run_prule_daemon.sh
+++ b/deploy/run_prule_daemon.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
-# activate python virtual environmen
+# activate python virtual environment
 source "${SCRIPT_DIR}/venv/bin/activate"
+# limit number of computational threads
+export MKL_NUM_THREADS=1
+export NUMEXPR_NUM_THREADS=1
+export OMP_NUM_THREADS=1
 # exec prule.daemon with config file
 exec python3 -u -m prule.daemon --config "${SCRIPT_DIR}/var/prule_daemon.json"