diff --git a/runtime/experiments/applications/ekf/by_iteration/spec.json b/runtime/experiments/applications/ekf/by_iteration/spec.json
index 0d45e40..ed1858d 100644
--- a/runtime/experiments/applications/ekf/by_iteration/spec.json
+++ b/runtime/experiments/applications/ekf/by_iteration/spec.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "name": "ekf_first_iter",
   "path": "ekf_wasm.so",
   "port": 10000,
+  "expected-execution-us": 5000,
   "relative-deadline-us": 50000,
   "argsize": 1,
   "http-req-headers": [],
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@
   "name": "ekf_second_iter",
   "path": "ekf_wasm.so",
   "port": 10001,
+  "expected-execution-us": 5000,
   "relative-deadline-us": 50000,
   "argsize": 1,
   "http-req-headers": [],
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@
   "name": "ekf_third_iter",
   "path": "ekf_wasm.so",
   "port": 10002,
+  "expected-execution-us": 5000,
   "relative-deadline-us": 50000,
   "argsize": 1,
   "http-req-headers": [],
diff --git a/runtime/experiments/applications/ekf/one_iteration/spec.json b/runtime/experiments/applications/ekf/one_iteration/spec.json
index a98c2d3..7384d50 100644
--- a/runtime/experiments/applications/ekf/one_iteration/spec.json
+++ b/runtime/experiments/applications/ekf/one_iteration/spec.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "name": "resize",
   "path": "ekf_wasm.so",
   "port": 10000,
+  "expected-execution-us": 5000,
   "relative-deadline-us": 50000,
   "argsize": 1,
   "http-req-headers": [],
diff --git a/runtime/experiments/applications/imageclassification/spec.json b/runtime/experiments/applications/imageclassification/spec.json
index 32ef760..6d08e30 100644
--- a/runtime/experiments/applications/imageclassification/spec.json
+++ b/runtime/experiments/applications/imageclassification/spec.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "name": "cifar10",
   "path": "cifar10_wasm.so",
   "port": 10000,
+  "expected-execution-us": 5000,
   "relative-deadline-us": 50000,
   "argsize": 1,
   "http-req-headers": [],
diff --git a/runtime/experiments/applications/imageresize/by_resolution/run.sh b/runtime/experiments/applications/imageresize/by_resolution/run.sh
index 294fb92..6303c73 100755
--- a/runtime/experiments/applications/imageresize/by_resolution/run.sh
+++ b/runtime/experiments/applications/imageresize/by_resolution/run.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ for ((i = 0; i < total_count; i++)); do
 done
 
 echo "$success_count / $total_count"
-rm result_*.png
+rm -f result_*.png
 
 if [ "$1" != "-d" ]; then
   sleep 5
diff --git a/runtime/experiments/applications/imageresize/by_resolution/spec.json b/runtime/experiments/applications/imageresize/by_resolution/spec.json
index 3da8650..283c0e5 100644
--- a/runtime/experiments/applications/imageresize/by_resolution/spec.json
+++ b/runtime/experiments/applications/imageresize/by_resolution/spec.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "name": "resize_small",
   "path": "resize_wasm.so",
   "port": 10000,
+  "expected-execution-us": 5000,
   "relative-deadline-us": 50000,
   "argsize": 1,
   "http-req-headers": [],
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@
   "name": "resize_medium",
   "path": "resize_wasm.so",
   "port": 10001,
+  "expected-execution-us": 5000,
   "relative-deadline-us": 50000,
   "argsize": 1,
   "http-req-headers": [],
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@
   "name": "resize_large",
   "path": "resize_wasm.so",
   "port": 10002,
+  "expected-execution-us": 5000,
   "relative-deadline-us": 50000,
   "argsize": 1,
   "http-req-headers": [],
diff --git a/runtime/experiments/applications/imageresize/test/spec.json b/runtime/experiments/applications/imageresize/test/spec.json
index 7ec404a..de67977 100644
--- a/runtime/experiments/applications/imageresize/test/spec.json
+++ b/runtime/experiments/applications/imageresize/test/spec.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "name": "resize",
   "path": "resize_wasm.so",
   "port": 10000,
+  "expected-execution-us": 5000,
   "relative-deadline-us": 50000,
   "argsize": 1,
   "http-req-headers": [],
diff --git a/runtime/experiments/applications/licenseplate/by_plate_count/debug.sh b/runtime/experiments/applications/licenseplate/by_plate_count/debug.sh
index a561392..6ab3666 100755
--- a/runtime/experiments/applications/licenseplate/by_plate_count/debug.sh
+++ b/runtime/experiments/applications/licenseplate/by_plate_count/debug.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Also disables pagination and stopping on SIGUSR1
 
 experiment_directory=$(pwd)
-project_directory=$(cd ../../.. && pwd)
+project_directory=$(cd ../../../.. && pwd)
 binary_directory=$(cd "$project_directory"/bin && pwd)
 
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$binary_directory:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
diff --git a/runtime/experiments/applications/licenseplate/by_plate_count/spec.json b/runtime/experiments/applications/licenseplate/by_plate_count/spec.json
index 4860426..0d106d3 100644
--- a/runtime/experiments/applications/licenseplate/by_plate_count/spec.json
+++ b/runtime/experiments/applications/licenseplate/by_plate_count/spec.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "name": "lpd1",
   "path": "lpd_wasm.so",
   "port": 10000,
+  "expected-execution-us": 5000,
   "relative-deadline-us": 50000,
   "argsize": 1,
   "http-req-headers": [],
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@
   "name": "lpd2",
   "path": "lpd_wasm.so",
   "port": 10001,
+  "expected-execution-us": 5000,
   "relative-deadline-us": 50000,
   "argsize": 1,
   "http-req-headers": [],
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@
   "name": "lpd4",
   "path": "lpd_wasm.so",
   "port": 10002,
+  "expected-execution-us": 5000,
   "relative-deadline-us": 50000,
   "argsize": 1,
   "http-req-headers": [],
diff --git a/runtime/experiments/applications/ocr/by_dpi/spec.json b/runtime/experiments/applications/ocr/by_dpi/spec.json
index 6811c40..4b08dff 100644
--- a/runtime/experiments/applications/ocr/by_dpi/spec.json
+++ b/runtime/experiments/applications/ocr/by_dpi/spec.json
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
   "name": "gocr_72_dpi",
   "path": "gocr_wasm.so",
   "port": 10000,
-  "relative-deadline-us": 50000000000,
+  "expected-execution-us": 5000,
+  "relative-deadline-us": 36000,
   "argsize": 1,
   "http-req-headers": [],
   "http-req-content-type": "text/plain",
@@ -17,7 +18,8 @@
   "name": "gocr_108_dpi",
   "path": "gocr_wasm.so",
   "port": 10001,
-  "relative-deadline-us": 50000000000,
+  "expected-execution-us": 5000,
+  "relative-deadline-us": 36000,
   "argsize": 1,
   "http-req-headers": [],
   "http-req-content-type": "text/plain",
@@ -31,7 +33,8 @@
   "name": "gocr_144_dpi",
   "path": "gocr_wasm.so",
   "port": 10002,
-  "relative-deadline-us": 50000000000,
+  "expected-execution-us": 5000,
+  "relative-deadline-us": 36000,
   "argsize": 1,
   "http-req-headers": [],
   "http-req-content-type": "text/plain",
diff --git a/runtime/experiments/applications/ocr/by_font/spec.json b/runtime/experiments/applications/ocr/by_font/spec.json
index ebfd967..18cea93 100644
--- a/runtime/experiments/applications/ocr/by_font/spec.json
+++ b/runtime/experiments/applications/ocr/by_font/spec.json
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-({
+{
   "active": true,
   "name": "gocr_mono",
   "path": "gocr_wasm.so",
   "port": 10000,
-  "relative-deadline-us": 50000000000,
+  "expected-execution-us": 5000,
+  "relative-deadline-us": 36000,
   "argsize": 1,
   "http-req-headers": [],
   "http-req-content-type": "text/plain",
@@ -17,7 +18,8 @@
   "name": "gocr_urw_gothic",
   "path": "gocr_wasm.so",
   "port": 10001,
-  "relative-deadline-us": 50000000000,
+  "expected-execution-us": 5000,
+  "relative-deadline-us": 36000,
   "argsize": 1,
   "http-req-headers": [],
   "http-req-content-type": "text/plain",
@@ -31,7 +33,8 @@
   "name": "gocr_lobster_2",
   "path": "gocr_wasm.so",
   "port": 10002,
-  "relative-deadline-us": 50000000000,
+  "expected-execution-us": 5000,
+  "relative-deadline-us": 36000,
   "argsize": 1,
   "http-req-headers": [],
   "http-req-content-type": "text/plain",
@@ -39,4 +42,4 @@
   "http-resp-headers": [],
   "http-resp-size": 5335057,
   "http-resp-content-type": "text/plain"
-})
+}
diff --git a/runtime/experiments/applications/ocr/by_word/spec.json b/runtime/experiments/applications/ocr/by_word/spec.json
index 8cf921b..6bde0e1 100644
--- a/runtime/experiments/applications/ocr/by_word/spec.json
+++ b/runtime/experiments/applications/ocr/by_word/spec.json
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-({
+{
   "active": true,
   "name": "gocr_1_word",
   "path": "gocr_wasm.so",
   "port": 10000,
-  "relative-deadline-us": 50000000000,
+  "expected-execution-us": 5000,
+  "relative-deadline-us": 36000,
   "argsize": 1,
   "http-req-headers": [],
   "http-req-content-type": "text/plain",
@@ -17,7 +18,8 @@
   "name": "gocr_10_words",
   "path": "gocr_wasm.so",
   "port": 10001,
-  "relative-deadline-us": 50000000000,
+  "expected-execution-us": 5000,
+  "relative-deadline-us": 36000,
   "argsize": 1,
   "http-req-headers": [],
   "http-req-content-type": "text/plain",
@@ -31,7 +33,8 @@
   "name": "gocr_100_words",
   "path": "gocr_wasm.so",
   "port": 10002,
-  "relative-deadline-us": 50000000000,
+  "expected-execution-us": 5000,
+  "relative-deadline-us": 36000,
   "argsize": 1,
   "http-req-headers": [],
   "http-req-content-type": "text/plain",
@@ -39,4 +42,4 @@
   "http-resp-headers": [],
   "http-resp-size": 5335057,
   "http-resp-content-type": "text/plain"
-})
+}
diff --git a/runtime/experiments/applications/ocr/fivebyeight/spec.json b/runtime/experiments/applications/ocr/fivebyeight/spec.json
index bc2005c..335243a 100644
--- a/runtime/experiments/applications/ocr/fivebyeight/spec.json
+++ b/runtime/experiments/applications/ocr/fivebyeight/spec.json
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
   "name": "gocr",
   "path": "gocr_wasm.so",
   "port": 10000,
-  "relative-deadline-us": 500000000,
-  "expected-execution-us": 5000000,
+  "expected-execution-us": 5000,
+  "relative-deadline-us": 36000,
   "argsize": 1,
   "http-req-headers": [],
   "http-req-content-type": "text/plain",
diff --git a/runtime/experiments/applications/ocr/handwriting/spec.json b/runtime/experiments/applications/ocr/handwriting/spec.json
index f2ab4f6..335243a 100644
--- a/runtime/experiments/applications/ocr/handwriting/spec.json
+++ b/runtime/experiments/applications/ocr/handwriting/spec.json
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
   "name": "gocr",
   "path": "gocr_wasm.so",
   "port": 10000,
-  "relative-deadline-us": 50000000000,
+  "expected-execution-us": 5000,
+  "relative-deadline-us": 36000,
   "argsize": 1,
   "http-req-headers": [],
   "http-req-content-type": "text/plain",
diff --git a/runtime/experiments/applications/ocr/hyde/spec.json b/runtime/experiments/applications/ocr/hyde/spec.json
index 4c90d23..f413591 100644
--- a/runtime/experiments/applications/ocr/hyde/spec.json
+++ b/runtime/experiments/applications/ocr/hyde/spec.json
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
   "name": "gocr",
   "path": "gocr_wasm.so",
   "port": 10000,
-  "relative-deadline-us": 50000000000,
+  "expected-execution-us": 5000,
+  "relative-deadline-us": 360000,
   "argsize": 1,
   "http-req-headers": [],
   "http-req-content-type": "text/plain",
diff --git a/runtime/src/module.c b/runtime/src/module.c
index 893bf73..669f94b 100644
--- a/runtime/src/module.c
+++ b/runtime/src/module.c
@@ -488,8 +488,11 @@ module_new_from_json(char *file_name)
 		}
 		i += ntoks;
 
-		/* Validate presence of required fields */
+		/* If the ratio is too big, admissions control is too coarse */
+		uint32_t ratio = relative_deadline_us / expected_execution_us;
+		if (ratio > 1000000) panic("Ratio of Deadline to Execution time cannot exceed 1000000");
 
+		/* Validate presence of required fields */
 		if (strlen(module_name) == 0) panic("name field is required\n");
 		if (strlen(module_path) == 0) panic("path field is required\n");
 		if (port == 0) panic("port field is required\n");