diff --git a/r8.conf b/r8.conf
index 309dfdd..abb6fa7 100644
--- a/r8.conf
+++ b/r8.conf
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ createrepo_c = True
 createrepo_checksum = "sha256"
 createrepo_use_xz = True
 createrepo_num_threads = 8
-createrepo_num_workers = 4
+createrepo_num_workers = 8
 createrepo_extra_args = ['--distro=cpe:/o:rocky:rocky:8,Rocky Linux 8', '--revision=8.4']
 
 # CHECKSUMS
diff --git a/variants.xml b/variants.xml
index d039e50..321e6d5 100644
--- a/variants.xml
+++ b/variants.xml
@@ -297,4 +297,22 @@
     </arches>
   </variant>
   -->
+
+  <!-- Live Variants, loosely borrowed from Fedora
+       Usually these variants are set to always be empty -->
+  <variant id="Workstation" name="Workstation" type="variant" is_empty="true">
+    <arches>
+      <arch>aarch64</arch>
+      <arch>ppc64le</arch>
+      <arch>x86_64</arch>
+    </arches>
+  </variant>
+  <variant id="Spins" name="Spins" type="variant" is_empty="true">
+    <arches>
+      <arch>aarch64</arch>
+      <arch>ppc64le</arch>
+      <arch>x86_64</arch>
+    </arches>
+  </variant>
+
 </variants>