diff --git a/src/run.c b/src/run.c
index 0379e52..47226ba 100644
--- a/src/run.c
+++ b/src/run.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static int child_fn(void *arg);
 static int setup_rootfs_without_overlayfs(const ExecRequest *cfg, const char *ctr_dir);
 static int setup_rootfs_with_overlayfs(const ExecRequest *cfg, const char *ctr_dir);
 static int drop_all_caps(void);
-static void set_limit(int resource, rlim_t lim);
+static void set_limit(int resource, rlim_t soft, rlim_t hard);
 
 // socket helpers
 static int write_byte(int fd, char b);
@@ -909,11 +909,11 @@ static int child_fn(void *arg) {
     }
 
     // setrlimits
-    set_limit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, cfg->max_open_files);
-    set_limit(RLIMIT_STACK, cfg->stack_limit_bytes);
-    set_limit(RLIMIT_AS, cfg->memory_limit_bytes);
-    set_limit(RLIMIT_FSIZE, cfg->output_limit_bytes);
-    set_limit(RLIMIT_CPU, (cfg->cpu_time_limit_us + 999999) / 1000000);
+    set_limit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, cfg->max_open_files, cfg->max_open_files);
+    set_limit(RLIMIT_STACK, cfg->stack_limit_bytes, cfg->stack_limit_bytes);
+    set_limit(RLIMIT_AS, cfg->memory_limit_bytes, cfg->memory_limit_bytes);
+    set_limit(RLIMIT_FSIZE, cfg->output_limit_bytes, cfg->output_limit_bytes);
+    set_limit(RLIMIT_CPU, (cfg->cpu_time_limit_us + 999999) / 1000000, (cfg->cpu_time_limit_us + 999999) / 1000000);
 
     // change root
     char *new_root = join_paths(dir, "root");
@@ -1309,10 +1309,10 @@ static int drop_all_caps(void) {
     return 0;
 }
 
-static void set_limit(int resource, rlim_t lim) {
+static void set_limit(int resource, rlim_t soft, rlim_t hard) {
     struct rlimit rl = {
-        .rlim_cur = lim,
-        .rlim_max = lim * 2,
+        .rlim_cur = soft,
+        .rlim_max = hard,
     };
     setrlimit(resource, &rl);
 }
diff --git a/tests/test_files/time_limit_exceeded.cpp b/tests/test_files/time_limit_exceeded.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b98890d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_files/time_limit_exceeded.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#include <bits/stdc++.h>
+using namespace std;
+
+int main() {
+    while(1) {
+        volatile int t = 1;
+        t++;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}