diff --git a/lithops/localhost/v1/localhost.py b/lithops/localhost/v1/localhost.py
index 5d2cd9cf..28e67c7c 100644
--- a/lithops/localhost/v1/localhost.py
+++ b/lithops/localhost/v1/localhost.py
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ def get_runtime_info(self):
         return {
             'runtime_name': self.config['runtime'],
             'runtime_memory': self.config.get('runtime_memory'),
+            'runtime_cpu': self.config.get('runtime_cpu'),
             'runtime_timeout': self.config.get('runtime_timeout'),
             'max_workers': self.config['max_workers'],
         }
@@ -346,9 +347,14 @@ def get_metadata(self):
         cmd = f'{self.docker_path} run --name lithops_metadata '
         cmd += f'--user {self.uid}:{self.gid} ' if self.is_unix_system and not self.is_podman else ''
         cmd += f'--env USER={os.getenv("USER", "root")} '
+        #cmd += f'--cpus "{self.config.get("runtime_cpu")}" ' if self.config.get('runtime_cpu') else ''
+        cmd += f'--cpuset-cpus="0-{self.config.get("runtime_cpu")-1}" ' if self.config.get('runtime_cpu') else ''
+        cmd += f'--memory "{self.config.get("runtime_memory")}m" ' if self.config.get('runtime_memory') else ''
         cmd += f'--rm -v {tmp_path}:/tmp --entrypoint "python3" '
         cmd += f'{self.runtime_name} /tmp/{USER_TEMP_DIR}/localhost-runner.py get_metadata'
 
+        logger.info(cmd)
+
         process = sp.run(
             shlex.split(cmd), check=True, stdout=sp.PIPE,
             universal_newlines=True, start_new_session=True
@@ -370,9 +376,14 @@ def run_job(self, job_key, job_filename):
         cmd += '--gpus all ' if self.use_gpu else ''
         cmd += f'--user {self.uid}:{self.gid} ' if self.is_unix_system and not self.is_podman else ''
         cmd += f'--env USER={os.getenv("USER", "root")} '
+        # cmd += f'--cpus "{self.config.get("runtime_cpu")}" ' if self.config.get('runtime_cpu') else ''
+        cmd += f'--cpuset-cpus="0-{self.config.get("runtime_cpu")-1}" ' if self.config.get('runtime_cpu') else ''
+        cmd += f'--memory "{self.config.get("runtime_memory")}m" ' if self.config.get('runtime_memory') else ''
         cmd += f'--rm -v {tmp_path}:/tmp --entrypoint "python3" '
         cmd += f'{self.runtime_name} /tmp/{USER_TEMP_DIR}/localhost-runner.py run_job {job_filename}'
 
+        logger.info(cmd)
+
         process = sp.Popen(shlex.split(cmd), stdout=sp.PIPE, stderr=sp.PIPE, start_new_session=True)
         self.jobs[job_key] = process
 
diff --git a/lithops/localhost/v2/localhost.py b/lithops/localhost/v2/localhost.py
index a873104a..922cd389 100644
--- a/lithops/localhost/v2/localhost.py
+++ b/lithops/localhost/v2/localhost.py
@@ -384,6 +384,10 @@ def setup(self):
                 check=True, stdout=sp.PIPE, universal_newlines=True
             )
 
+    def _get_memory_limit(self):
+        # with os
+        return self.config.get('runtime_memory', '512')
+
     def get_metadata(self):
         if not os.path.isfile(RUNNER_FILE):
             self.setup()
@@ -395,9 +399,14 @@ def get_metadata(self):
         cmd = f'{self.docker_path} run --name lithops_metadata '
         cmd += f'--user {self.uid}:{self.gid} ' if self.is_unix_system and not self.is_podman else ''
         cmd += f'--env USER={os.getenv("USER", "root")} '
+        #cmd += f'--cpus "{self.config.get("runtime_cpu")}" ' if self.config.get('runtime_cpu') else ''
+        cmd += f'--cpuset-cpus="0-{self.config.get("runtime_cpu")-1}" ' if self.config.get('runtime_cpu') else ''
+        cmd += f'--memory "{self.config.get("runtime_memory")}m" ' if self.config.get('runtime_memory') else ''
         cmd += f'--rm -v {tmp_path}:/tmp --entrypoint "python3" '
         cmd += f'{self.runtime_name} /tmp/{USER_TEMP_DIR}/localhost-runner.py get_metadata'
 
+        logger.info(cmd)
+
         process = sp.run(
             shlex.split(cmd), check=True, stdout=sp.PIPE,
             universal_newlines=True, start_new_session=True
@@ -416,9 +425,14 @@ def start(self):
         cmd += '--gpus all ' if self.use_gpu else ''
         cmd += f'--user {self.uid}:{self.gid} ' if self.is_unix_system and not self.is_podman else ''
         cmd += f'--env USER={os.getenv("USER", "root")} '
+        #cmd += f'--cpus "{self.config.get("runtime_cpu")}" ' if self.config.get('runtime_cpu') else ''
+        cmd += f'--cpuset-cpus="0-{self.config.get("runtime_cpu")-1}" ' if self.config.get('runtime_cpu') else ''
+        cmd += f'--memory "{self.config.get("runtime_memory")}m" ' if self.config.get('runtime_memory') else ''
         cmd += f'--rm -v {tmp_path}:/tmp -it --detach '
         cmd += f'--entrypoint=/bin/bash {self.runtime_name}'
 
+        logger.info(cmd)
+
         self.container_process = sp.Popen(shlex.split(cmd), stdout=sp.DEVNULL, start_new_session=True)
         self.container_process.communicate()  # blocks until the process finishes