diff --git a/start b/start
index ef36dde..96c6612 100755
--- a/start
+++ b/start
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 set -eo pipefail
 
+if [[ ! -t 1 ]]; then
+    if [[ -z "$TERMINAL" ]]; then
+        TERMINAL=i3-sensible-terminal
+    fi
+    "$TERMINAL" -e "$0" "$@"
+    exit $?
+fi
+
 if [[ -n "$1" ]] && [[ -z "$VMNAME" ]]; then
     VMNAME="$1"
 fi
@@ -15,7 +23,6 @@ if [[ -z "$DEBUG" ]]; then
     DEBUG=
 fi
 
-
 # Sudo prompt
 if [[ -n "$SUDO" ]]; then
     true
@@ -115,7 +122,7 @@ read -ra base_arguments -d '' < "$o_base_path" || true
 read -ra default_arguments -d '' < "$o_default_path" || true
 read -ra hardware_arguments -d '' < "$o_hardware_path" || true
 read -ra specific_arguments -d '' < "$o_specific_path" || true
-$DEBUG $SUDO nice --adjustment=-20 taskset --cpu-list '1-5,7-11' \
+$DEBUG $SUDO nice --adjustment=-20 taskset --cpu-list '2-5,8-11' \
     qemu-system-x86_64 \
     -name "$VMNAME,process=VMNAME" \
     -drive if=pflash,format=raw,readonly=on,file="$EFI_FIRMWARE" \