diff --git a/src/latch/resources/tasks.py b/src/latch/resources/tasks.py
index 19935491..ecfbfbf8 100644
--- a/src/latch/resources/tasks.py
+++ b/src/latch/resources/tasks.py
@@ -629,19 +629,23 @@ def nextflow_runtime_task(cpu: int, memory: int, storage_gib: int = 50):
     return functools.partial(task, task_config=task_config)
 
 
-def _get_l40s_pod(instance_type: str, cpu: int, memory: int, gpus: int) -> Pod:
+def _get_l40s_pod(instance_type: str, cpu: int, memory_gib: int, gpus: int) -> Pod:
     """Helper function to create L40s GPU pod configurations."""
     primary_container = V1Container(name="primary")
+
+    backoff_cpu = cpu - 2
+    backoff_memory = min(memory_gib - 4, int(memory_gib * 0.9))
+
     resources = V1ResourceRequirements(
         requests={
-            "cpu": str(cpu - 2),  # Reserve 2 cores for system processes
-            "memory": f"{memory - 4}Gi",  # Reserve 4GB for system processes
+            "cpu": str(backoff_cpu),
+            "memory": f"{backoff_memory}Gi",
             "nvidia.com/gpu": str(gpus),
             "ephemeral-storage": "4500Gi",
         },
         limits={
             "cpu": str(cpu),
-            "memory": f"{memory}Gi",
+            "memory": f"{memory_gib}Gi",
             "nvidia.com/gpu": str(gpus),
             "ephemeral-storage": "5000Gi",
         },
@@ -668,49 +672,49 @@ def _get_l40s_pod(instance_type: str, cpu: int, memory: int, gpus: int) -> Pod:
 
 g6e_xlarge_task = functools.partial(
     task,
-    task_config=_get_l40s_pod("g6e-xlarge", cpu=4, memory=32, gpus=1)
+    task_config=_get_l40s_pod("g6e-xlarge", cpu=4, memory_gib=32, gpus=1)
 )
 """4 vCPUs, 32 GiB RAM, 1 L40s GPU"""
 
 g6e_2xlarge_task = functools.partial(
     task,
-    task_config=_get_l40s_pod("g6e-2xlarge", cpu=8, memory=64, gpus=1)
+    task_config=_get_l40s_pod("g6e-2xlarge", cpu=8, memory_gib=64, gpus=1)
 )
 """8 vCPUs, 64 GiB RAM, 1 L40s GPU"""
 
 g6e_4xlarge_task = functools.partial(
     task,
-    task_config=_get_l40s_pod("g6e-4xlarge", cpu=16, memory=128, gpus=1)
+    task_config=_get_l40s_pod("g6e-4xlarge", cpu=16, memory_gib=128, gpus=1)
 )
 """16 vCPUs, 128 GiB RAM, 1 L40s GPU"""
 
 g6e_8xlarge_task = functools.partial(
     task,
-    task_config=_get_l40s_pod("g6e-8xlarge", cpu=32, memory=256, gpus=1)
+    task_config=_get_l40s_pod("g6e-8xlarge", cpu=32, memory_gib=256, gpus=1)
 )
 """32 vCPUs, 256 GiB RAM, 1 L40s GPU"""
 
 g6e_12xlarge_task = functools.partial(
     task,
-    task_config=_get_l40s_pod("g6e-12xlarge", cpu=48, memory=384, gpus=1)
+    task_config=_get_l40s_pod("g6e-12xlarge", cpu=48, memory_gib=384, gpus=1)
 )
 """48 vCPUs, 384 GiB RAM, 1 L40s GPU"""
 
 g6e_16xlarge_task = functools.partial(
     task,
-    task_config=_get_l40s_pod("g6e-16xlarge", cpu=64, memory=512, gpus=4)
+    task_config=_get_l40s_pod("g6e-16xlarge", cpu=64, memory_gib=512, gpus=4)
 )
 """64 vCPUs, 512 GiB RAM, 4 L40s GPUs"""
 
 g6e_24xlarge_task = functools.partial(
     task,
-    task_config=_get_l40s_pod("g6e-24xlarge", cpu=96, memory=768, gpus=4)
+    task_config=_get_l40s_pod("g6e-24xlarge", cpu=96, memory_gib=768, gpus=4)
 )
 """96 vCPUs, 768 GiB RAM, 4 L40s GPUs"""
 
 """
 g6e_48xlarge_task = functools.partial(
     task,
-    task_config=_get_l40s_pod("g6e-48xlarge", cpu=192, memory=1536, gpus=8)
+    task_config=_get_l40s_pod("g6e-48xlarge", cpu=192, memory_gib=1536, gpus=8)
 )
 192 vCPUs, 1536 GiB RAM, 8 L40s GPUs"""