diff --git a/services/simcore/docker-compose.yml b/services/simcore/docker-compose.yml
index 2b87e458..eb2ca1bb 100644
--- a/services/simcore/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/services/simcore/docker-compose.yml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ services:
           memory: "64M"
         limits:
           cpus: "1.0"
-          memory: "256M"
+          memory: "2G"
     extra_hosts: []
 
   api-server: