diff --git a/neat.conf b/neat.conf
index adecf73..ff4c0b9 100644
--- a/neat.conf
+++ b/neat.conf
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ host_cpu_overload_threshold = 0.95
 
 # The threshold on the overall (all cores) utilization of the physical
 # CPU of a host that can be allocated to VMs.
-host_cpu_usable_by_vms = 0.99
+host_cpu_usable_by_vms = 1.0
 
 # The user name for connecting to the compute hosts to switch them
 # into the sleep mode