diff --git a/scripts/test_algorithm.sh b/scripts/test_algorithm.sh
index 14b04b2..fb6ebf2 100644
--- a/scripts/test_algorithm.sh
+++ b/scripts/test_algorithm.sh
@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ if ! is_positive_integer "$num_workers"; then
     echo "Error: Number of workers must be a positive integer."
     exit 1
 fi
+read -p "Enter max fuel (default is 10000000000): " max_fuel
+max_fuel=${max_fuel:-1}
+if ! is_positive_integer "$max_fuel"; then
+    echo "Error: Max fuel must be a positive integer."
+    exit 1
+fi
 read -p "Enable debug mode? (leave blank to disable) " enable_debug
 if [[ -n $enable_debug ]]; then
     debug_mode=true
@@ -117,7 +123,7 @@ while [ $remaining_nonces -gt 0 ]; do
     start_time=$(date +%s%3N)
     stdout=$(mktemp)
     stderr=$(mktemp)
-    ./target/release/tig-worker compute_batch "$SETTINGS" "random_string" $current_nonce $nonces_to_compute $power_of_2_nonces $REPO_DIR/tig-algorithms/wasm/$CHALLENGE/$ALGORITHM.wasm --workers $nonces_to_compute >"$stdout" 2>"$stderr"
+    ./target/release/tig-worker compute_batch "$SETTINGS" "random_string" $current_nonce $nonces_to_compute $power_of_2_nonces $REPO_DIR/tig-algorithms/wasm/$CHALLENGE/$ALGORITHM.wasm --workers $nonces_to_compute --fuel $max_fuel >"$stdout" 2>"$stderr"
     exit_code=$?
     output_stdout=$(cat "$stdout")
     output_stderr=$(cat "$stderr")
diff --git a/tig-worker/src/main.rs b/tig-worker/src/main.rs
index 260ad47..e2bea8b 100644
--- a/tig-worker/src/main.rs
+++ b/tig-worker/src/main.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ fn cli() -> Command {
                 .arg(arg!(<WASM> "Path to a wasm file").value_parser(clap::value_parser!(PathBuf)))
                 .arg(
                     arg!(--fuel [FUEL] "Optional maximum fuel parameter for WASM VM")
-                        .default_value("2000000000")
+                        .default_value("10000000000")
                         .value_parser(clap::value_parser!(u64)),
                 )
                 .arg(