diff --git a/src/api/v1/pow/verify_pow.rs b/src/api/v1/pow/verify_pow.rs
index 213c36af..b8bfff46 100644
--- a/src/api/v1/pow/verify_pow.rs
+++ b/src/api/v1/pow/verify_pow.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  */
 //! PoW Verification module
 
+use actix_web::HttpRequest;
 use actix_web::{web, HttpResponse, Responder};
 use libmcaptcha::pow::Work;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -37,11 +38,13 @@ pub struct ValidationToken {
 /// if verification is successful
 #[my_codegen::post(path = "V1_API_ROUTES.pow.verify_pow()")]
 pub async fn verify_pow(
+    req: HttpRequest,
     payload: web::Json<Work>,
     data: AppData,
 ) -> ServiceResult<impl Responder> {
+    let ip = req.connection_info().peer_addr().unwrap().to_string();
     let key = payload.key.clone();
-    let res = data.captcha.verify_pow(payload.into_inner()).await?;
+    let res = data.captcha.verify_pow(payload.into_inner(), ip).await?;
     data.stats.record_solve(&data, &key).await?;
     let payload = ValidationToken { token: res };
     Ok(HttpResponse::Ok().json(payload))
diff --git a/src/data.rs b/src/data.rs
index 63575437..f3c405f3 100644
--- a/src/data.rs
+++ b/src/data.rs
@@ -83,7 +83,12 @@ impl SystemGroup {
     enum_system_wrapper!(get_pow, String, CaptchaResult<Option<PoWConfig>>);
 
     // utility function to verify [Work]
-    enum_system_wrapper!(verify_pow, Work, CaptchaResult<String>);
+    pub async fn verify_pow(&self, msg: Work, ip: String) -> CaptchaResult<String> {
+        match self {
+            Self::Embedded(val) => val.verify_pow(msg, ip).await,
+            Self::Redis(val) => val.verify_pow(msg, ip).await,
+        }
+    }
 
     // utility function to validate verification tokens
     enum_system_wrapper!(
@@ -111,7 +116,12 @@ impl SystemGroup {
             .build()
             .unwrap();
 
-        SystemBuilder::default().pow(pow).cache(c).master(m).build()
+        SystemBuilder::default()
+            .pow(pow)
+            .cache(c)
+            .master(m)
+            .runners(num_cpus::get_physical())
+            .build()
     }
 
     // read settings, if Redis is configured then produce a Redis mCaptcha cache