diff --git a/internal/app/init/main.go b/internal/app/init/main.go
index f42c65d09..f57d4e625 100644
--- a/internal/app/init/main.go
+++ b/internal/app/init/main.go
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ func initram() (err error) {
 	log.Printf("retrieving the user data")
 	var data *userdata.UserData
 	if data, err = p.UserData(); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("encountered error reading userdata: %v", err)
 		return err
 	}
 	// Perform rootfs/datafs installation if needed.
diff --git a/internal/app/init/pkg/system/services/kubeadm.go b/internal/app/init/pkg/system/services/kubeadm.go
index 20262a39c..b2e8cc346 100644
--- a/internal/app/init/pkg/system/services/kubeadm.go
+++ b/internal/app/init/pkg/system/services/kubeadm.go
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func (k *Kubeadm) Start(data *userdata.UserData) error {
 	args := runner.Args{
 		ID: k.ID(data),
 	}
-	ignore := "--ignore-preflight-errors=cri,kubeletversion,requiredipvskernelmodulesavailable"
+	ignore := "--ignore-preflight-errors=cri,kubeletversion,numcpu,requiredipvskernelmodulesavailable"
 	if data.IsBootstrap() {
 		args.ProcessArgs = []string{"kubeadm", "init", "--config=/etc/kubernetes/kubeadm-config.yaml", ignore, "--skip-token-print"}
 	} else {