diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index eb6382a4..035a8ab9 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -180,7 +180,14 @@ module "k8s-node-template" {
   is_k8s_template = true # provision cloud init file with k8s deps
   snippet_name    = local.k8s_cloud_init_snippet_name
   # Add mirror registry
-  containerd_config_update_command = "echo '[plugins.\"io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri\".registry.mirrors.\"docker.io\"]' >> /etc/containerd/config.toml && echo '  endpoint = [\"http://10.0.20.10:5000\"]' >> /etc/containerd/config.toml" # docker registry vm 
+  containerd_config_update_command = <<-EOF
+  echo '[plugins.\"io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri\".registry.mirrors.\"docker.io\"]' >> /etc/containerd/config.toml && echo '  endpoint = [\"http://10.0.20.10:5000\"]' >> /etc/containerd/config.toml # docker registry vm
+
+  sed -i 's/.*max_concurrent_downloads = 3/max_concurrent_downloads = 20/g' /etc/containerd/config.toml # Enable multiple concurrent downloads
+  sudo sed -i '/serializeImagePulls:/d' /var/lib/kubelet/config.yaml && \
+  sudo sed -i '/maxParallelImagePulls:/d' /var/lib/kubelet/config.yaml && \
+  echo -e 'serializeImagePulls: false\nmaxParallelImagePulls: 50' | sudo tee -a /var/lib/kubelet/config.yaml && \
+  EOF
   k8s_join_command                 = var.k8s_join_command
 }