diff --git a/generate_autoscale_json.sh b/generate_autoscale_json.sh
index 0b751dc..1a98282 100755
--- a/generate_autoscale_json.sh
+++ b/generate_autoscale_json.sh
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ temp_autoscale=$TEMP/autoscale.json.$(date +%s)
                 --lock-file    $INSTALLDIR/scalelib.lock \
                 --log-config   $INSTALLDIR/logging.conf \
                 --disable-default-resources \
-                --default-resource '{"select": {}, "name": "ncpus", "value": "node.pcpu_count"}' \
+                --default-resource '{"select": {}, "name": "ncpus", "value": "node.vcpu_count"}' \
                 --default-resource '{"select": {}, "name": "ngpus", "value": "node.gpu_count"}' \
                 --default-resource '{"select": {}, "name": "disk", "value": "size::20g"}' \
                 --default-resource '{"select": {}, "name": "host", "value": "node.hostname"}' \
@@ -102,4 +102,4 @@ temp_autoscale=$TEMP/autoscale.json.$(date +%s)
                 > $temp_autoscale && mv $temp_autoscale $INSTALLDIR/autoscale.json ) || (rm -f $temp_autoscale.json; exit 1)
 
 echo testing that we can connect to CycleCloud...
-azpbs connect && echo success! || (echo Please check the arguments passed in and try again && exit 1)
\ No newline at end of file
+azpbs connect && echo success! || (echo Please check the arguments passed in and try again && exit 1)