diff --git a/src/graphs.js b/src/graphs.js
index b48eccee9..cd3874dd4 100644
--- a/src/graphs.js
+++ b/src/graphs.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ function startGraphite(existingInfra, callback) {
 
     const tag = infra.images.graphite.tag;
     const dataDir = paths.PLATFORM_DATA_DIR;
+    const memoryLimit = 256;
 
     if (existingInfra.version === infra.version && infra.images.graphite.tag === existingInfra.images.graphite.tag) return callback();
 
@@ -27,8 +28,8 @@ function startGraphite(existingInfra, callback) {
                 --log-opt syslog-address=udp://127.0.0.1:2514 \
                 --log-opt syslog-format=rfc5424 \
                 --log-opt tag=graphite \
-                -m 150m \
-                --memory-swap 150m \
+                -m ${memoryLimit}m \
+                --memory-swap ${memoryLimit * 2}m \
                 --dns 172.18.0.1 \
                 --dns-search=. \
                 -p 127.0.0.1:2003:2003 \