diff --git a/apps/dreamverse/dreamverse/config.py b/apps/dreamverse/dreamverse/config.py
index 3c4402d74..1f14aa678 100644
--- a/apps/dreamverse/dreamverse/config.py
+++ b/apps/dreamverse/dreamverse/config.py
@@ -76,9 +76,6 @@ if ACTIVE_MODEL_ID not in MODEL_REGISTRY:
 # Active model configuration
 MODEL_CONFIG = MODEL_REGISTRY[ACTIVE_MODEL_ID]
 
-# Generation limits
-SESSION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 1800
-
 # Frame settings
 NUM_FRAMES = 121
 FRAME_HEIGHT = 1088
@@ -168,6 +165,9 @@ def _optional_env(*names: str) -> str | None:
     return None
 
 
+# Generation limits
+SESSION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = _env_int("DREAMVERSE_SESSION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS", 300)
+
 DEVTOOLS_ENABLED = _env_bool("FASTVIDEO_ENABLE_DEVTOOLS", False)
 PROMPT_SAFETY_ENABLED = _env_bool("FASTVIDEO_ENABLE_PROMPT_SAFETY", False)
 DREAMVERSE_MAX_AUTOTUNE = _env_bool("DREAMVERSE_MAX_AUTOTUNE", True)
@@ -376,4 +376,4 @@ STARTUP_WARMUP_PROMPT = os.getenv(
     ("A cinematic drone shot over coastal cliffs at sunrise, "
      "golden light, gentle ocean waves, ultra detailed"),
 ).strip()
-STARTUP_WARMUP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = max(1, _env_int("FASTVIDEO_STARTUP_WARMUP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS", 24000))
+STARTUP_WARMUP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = max(1, _env_int("FASTVIDEO_STARTUP_WARMUP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS", 2400))
diff --git a/apps/dreamverse/dreamverse/gpu_pool.py b/apps/dreamverse/dreamverse/gpu_pool.py
index 3a3b98e17..2deff88e0 100644
--- a/apps/dreamverse/dreamverse/gpu_pool.py
+++ b/apps/dreamverse/dreamverse/gpu_pool.py
@@ -1023,7 +1023,11 @@ def get_available_gpus() -> list[int]:
     """Get list of available GPU IDs from environment or auto-detect."""
     cuda_visible = os.environ.get("CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES", "")
     if cuda_visible:
-        visible_gpu_ids = [int(x.strip()) for x in cuda_visible.split(",") if x.strip()]
+        try:
+            visible_gpu_ids = [int(x.strip()) for x in cuda_visible.split(",") if x.strip()]
+        except ValueError as exc:
+            raise RuntimeError("CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES must be a comma-separated list of integer GPU "
+                               f"indices (got {cuda_visible!r}); GPU UUIDs are not supported.") from exc
         return _limit_gpu_ids(visible_gpu_ids)
 
     # Auto-detect available GPUs
diff --git a/apps/dreamverse/dreamverse/tests/test_config.py b/apps/dreamverse/dreamverse/tests/test_config.py
index 99a7a0893..872b01dcf 100644
--- a/apps/dreamverse/dreamverse/tests/test_config.py
+++ b/apps/dreamverse/dreamverse/tests/test_config.py
@@ -150,12 +150,22 @@ def test_config_enables_prompt_safety_when_requested(monkeypatch):
 
 def test_config_uses_five_minute_session_timeout(monkeypatch):
     _set_required_prompt_keys(monkeypatch)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("DREAMVERSE_SESSION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS", raising=False)
 
     module = _load_config_module()
 
     assert module.SESSION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS == 300
 
 
+def test_config_session_timeout_env_override(monkeypatch):
+    _set_required_prompt_keys(monkeypatch)
+    monkeypatch.setenv("DREAMVERSE_SESSION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS", "1800")
+
+    module = _load_config_module()
+
+    assert module.SESSION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS == 1800
+
+
 def test_config_rejects_invalid_prompt_provider(monkeypatch):
     monkeypatch.setenv("FASTVIDEO_PROMPT_PROVIDER", "unsupported")
     _set_required_prompt_keys(monkeypatch)
diff --git a/apps/dreamverse/dreamverse/video_generation.py b/apps/dreamverse/dreamverse/video_generation.py
index be7f5eb63..1a24ee990 100644
--- a/apps/dreamverse/dreamverse/video_generation.py
+++ b/apps/dreamverse/dreamverse/video_generation.py
@@ -265,7 +265,6 @@ class VideoGenerationWorker:
             EngineConfig,
             GeneratorConfig,
             OffloadConfig,
-            ParallelismConfig,
             PipelineSelection,
             QuantizationConfig,
         )
diff --git a/apps/dreamverse/scripts/launch-dreamverse.sh b/apps/dreamverse/scripts/launch-dreamverse.sh
index dc3e4bd47..33e9ceabe 100755
--- a/apps/dreamverse/scripts/launch-dreamverse.sh
+++ b/apps/dreamverse/scripts/launch-dreamverse.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 # launch-dreamverse.sh — launch dreamverse-server on a compute node.
 #
 # Usage (from repo root):
-#   CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0 bash apps/dreamverse/scripts/launch-dreamverse.sh
+#   bash apps/dreamverse/scripts/launch-dreamverse.sh                          # GPUs 0-3, SP_SIZE=4
+#   CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0 bash apps/dreamverse/scripts/launch-dreamverse.sh   # single GPU, SP_SIZE=1
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
@@ -18,7 +19,9 @@ export DREAMVERSE_MAX_AUTOTUNE=true
 export LTX2_USE_DISTILLED_SIGMAS=0
 export LTX2_VIDEO_CONDITIONING_NUM_FRAMES=1
 export AUDIO_CONDITIONING_NUM_FRAMES=41
-export DREAMVERSE_SESSION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=1800
+export DREAMVERSE_SESSION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS="${DREAMVERSE_SESSION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS:-1800}"
+# GB200 max-autotune warmup compiles can run for hours; keep the watchdog generous here
+export FASTVIDEO_STARTUP_WARMUP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS="${FASTVIDEO_STARTUP_WARMUP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS:-24000}"
 export CEREBRAS_API_KEY="${CEREBRAS_API_KEY:-}"  # set this in your env or ~/.env
 export FASTVIDEO_PROMPT_CEREBRAS_MODEL="gpt-oss-120b"
 export TORCHINDUCTOR_CACHE_DIR="$HOME/.cache/torchinductor"
@@ -40,7 +43,19 @@ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$CUDA_RT_DIR"
 
 CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES="${CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES:-0,1,2,3}"
 export FASTVIDEO_GPU_COUNT="${FASTVIDEO_GPU_COUNT:-all}"
-export DREAMVERSE_SP_SIZE="${DREAMVERSE_SP_SIZE:-4}"
+# Default SP size to the usable GPU count so single-GPU invocations work.
+# A numeric FASTVIDEO_GPU_COUNT caps the pool below the visible count, and an
+# SP size above the pool size fails GPUPool startup with "Not enough GPUs".
+IFS=',' read -ra _VISIBLE_GPUS <<< "$CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES"
+# Count only non-empty tokens, matching gpu_pool.get_available_gpus (e.g. ",0,1" is 2 GPUs).
+_USABLE_GPU_COUNT=0
+for _gpu in "${_VISIBLE_GPUS[@]}"; do
+    [[ -n "${_gpu//[[:space:]]/}" ]] && _USABLE_GPU_COUNT=$((_USABLE_GPU_COUNT + 1))
+done
+if [[ "$FASTVIDEO_GPU_COUNT" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] && (( FASTVIDEO_GPU_COUNT < _USABLE_GPU_COUNT )); then
+    _USABLE_GPU_COUNT="$FASTVIDEO_GPU_COUNT"
+fi
+export DREAMVERSE_SP_SIZE="${DREAMVERSE_SP_SIZE:-$_USABLE_GPU_COUNT}"
 PORT="${DREAMVERSE_PORT:-8009}"
 
 FFMPEG_ENV="$(dirname "$0")/ffmpeg-env.sh"
diff --git a/apps/dreamverse/scripts/setup-dreamverse-env.sh b/apps/dreamverse/scripts/setup-dreamverse-env.sh
index 4ab0fd562..15bab7462 100755
--- a/apps/dreamverse/scripts/setup-dreamverse-env.sh
+++ b/apps/dreamverse/scripts/setup-dreamverse-env.sh
@@ -101,5 +101,5 @@ UV_CACHE_DIR="$LOCAL_DIR/cache" "$CONDA_PREFIX/bin/uv" pip install \
     https://github.com/flashinfer-ai/flashinfer/releases/download/v0.6.11.post3/flashinfer_python-0.6.11.post3-py3-none-any.whl
 
 echo ""
-echo "Done. On a compute node run:"
-echo "  CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0 bash apps/dreamverse/scripts/launch-dreamverse.sh"
+echo "Done. On a compute node run (GPUs 0-3 by default; set CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES to restrict):"
+echo "  bash apps/dreamverse/scripts/launch-dreamverse.sh"
diff --git a/apps/dreamverse/serve_configs/streaming_demo.yaml b/apps/dreamverse/serve_configs/streaming_demo.yaml
index 9db217df2..c4bea239b 100644
--- a/apps/dreamverse/serve_configs/streaming_demo.yaml
+++ b/apps/dreamverse/serve_configs/streaming_demo.yaml
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ default_request:
     fps: 24                  # internal: gpu_pool.py:85 TARGET_FPS
 
 streaming:
-  # internal: config.py:33 SESSION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 300
+  # internal: config.py SESSION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS (env DREAMVERSE_SESSION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS, default 300)
   session_timeout_seconds: 300
   # internal: config.py:282-284 GENERATION_SEGMENT_CAP default 6
   generation_segment_cap: 6