diff --git a/apps/cli/src/commands/run.ts b/apps/cli/src/commands/run.ts
index fa8678b0..1b7a13ba 100644
--- a/apps/cli/src/commands/run.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/src/commands/run.ts
@@ -56,17 +56,13 @@ export default class Run extends BaseCommand<typeof Run> {
         }),
         cpus: Flags.integer({
             description:
-                "Define the number of CPUs to use (eg.: 1) for the rollups-node, 0 (zero) means unlimited",
+                "Define the number of CPUs to use (eg.: 1) for the rollups-node",
             summary: "number of cpu limits for the rollups-node",
-            default: 0,
-            min: 0,
         }),
         memory: Flags.integer({
             description:
-                "Define the amount of memory to use for the rollups-node in MB (eg.: 1024), 0 (zero) means unlimited",
+                "Define the amount of memory to use for the rollups-node in MB (eg.: 1024)",
             summary: "memory limit for the rollups-node in MB",
-            default: 0,
-            min: 0,
         }),
         "show-config": Flags.boolean({
             description: "show the docker compose configuration",
@@ -118,16 +114,16 @@ export default class Run extends BaseCommand<typeof Run> {
             CARTESI_SNAPSHOT_DIR: "/usr/share/rollups-node/snapshot",
             CARTESI_BIN_PATH: binPath,
             CARTESI_LISTEN_PORT: listenPort.toString(),
-            CARTESI_VALIDATOR_CPUS: flags.cpus.toString(),
-            CARTESI_VALIDATOR_MEMORY: flags.memory.toString(),
+            CARTESI_VALIDATOR_CPUS: flags.cpus?.toString(),
+            CARTESI_VALIDATOR_MEMORY: flags.memory?.toString(),
         };
 
         // validator
         const composeFiles = ["docker-compose-validator.yaml"];
-        if (flags["cpus"] > 0) {
+        if (flags.cpus) {
             composeFiles.push("docker-compose-validator-cpus.yaml");
         }
-        if (flags["memory"] > 0) {
+        if (flags.memory) {
             composeFiles.push("docker-compose-validator-memory.yaml");
         }