diff --git a/src/jobs/cut_and_transcode.py b/src/jobs/cut_and_transcode.py
index b41cca27f4a841f9230b75ee298ef3cf86b42a8b..4498337efd42661c49275217cea6b342ff9621db 100644
--- a/src/jobs/cut_and_transcode.py
+++ b/src/jobs/cut_and_transcode.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ class CutAndTranscode(WrappedJob):
     def config(self) -> ContainerConfig:
         cfg = ContainerConfig(image="registry.git.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de/videoag_infra/production/dominic_render_video:latest", args=["-C", self.in_dir])
         cfg.mount_video_fs("/mnt/video_data")
+        cfg.resources("8", "12Gi")
         return cfg
 
     def prepare(self, cstate: "ControllerState"):
diff --git a/src/jobs/wrapped_job.py b/src/jobs/wrapped_job.py
index 4d7534a71f7c2ea209f02e31db65f40735e8b4e7..8f2854148e4f014fb1e7380f600d8cd4b196f4fc 100644
--- a/src/jobs/wrapped_job.py
+++ b/src/jobs/wrapped_job.py
@@ -10,10 +10,19 @@ class ContainerConfig:
         self.command = command
         self.args = args
         self.mount_video_fs_path: str | None = None
+        self.resources_dict: dict | None = None
 
     def mount_video_fs(self, mount_path: str):
         self.mount_video_fs_path = mount_path
 
+    def resources(self, cpu: str, memory: str):
+        self.resources_dict = {
+            "limits": {
+                "cpu": cpu,
+                "memory": memory
+            }
+        }
+
 
 class WrappedJob(Event):
 
diff --git a/src/kubernetes_api.py b/src/kubernetes_api.py
index 47a0f793f7fd1073b8759312c89eb2a624e04003..2b1e50c88b491ba6127186a1781c77a58c0a0ab8 100644
--- a/src/kubernetes_api.py
+++ b/src/kubernetes_api.py
@@ -34,15 +34,7 @@ class K8sApi():
     def list_worker_jobs(self) -> V1JobList:
         return self.batch_v1.list_namespaced_job(NAMESPACE, label_selector=f"app={WORKER_LABEL}")
 
-    def create_job(self, job: WrappedJob, resources={}):
-        default_res = {
-            "limits": {
-                "cpu": "1",
-                "memory": "1Gi"
-            }
-        }
-        resources = {**default_res, **resources}
-
+    def create_job(self, job: WrappedJob):
         cfg = job.config()
 
         job_manifest = {
@@ -76,7 +68,12 @@ class K8sApi():
                                 "image": cfg.image,
                                 "args": cfg.args,
                                 "command": cfg.command,
-                                "resources": resources
+                                "resources": {
+                                    "limits": {
+                                        "cpu": "1",
+                                        "memory": "1Gi"
+                                    }
+                                }
                             }
                         ],
                         "priorityClassName": "videoag-worker-priority",
@@ -118,6 +115,8 @@ class K8sApi():
                     }
                 }
             ]
+        if cfg.resources_dict is not None:
+            job_manifest["spec"]["template"]["spec"]["containers"][0]["resources"] = cfg.resources_dict
 
         # print(f"Creating job with manifest: {json.dumps(job_manifest)}")
         return self.batch_v1.create_namespaced_job(NAMESPACE, job_manifest)