diff --git a/migrations/20160205135326-apps-add-memoryLimit.js b/migrations/20160205135326-apps-add-memoryLimit.js
index ffc1452e8..0652cf58d 100644
--- a/migrations/20160205135326-apps-add-memoryLimit.js
+++ b/migrations/20160205135326-apps-add-memoryLimit.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dbm = dbm || require('db-migrate');
 
 exports.up = function(db, callback) {
-    db.runSql('ALTER TABLE apps ADD COLUMN memoryLimit INTEGER DEFAULT 0', function (error) {
+    db.runSql('ALTER TABLE apps ADD COLUMN memoryLimit BIGINT DEFAULT 0', function (error) {
         if (error) console.error(error);
         callback(error);
     });
diff --git a/migrations/schema.sql b/migrations/schema.sql
index 80d0462e2..74c318036 100644
--- a/migrations/schema.sql
+++ b/migrations/schema.sql
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS apps(
     accessRestrictionJson TEXT,
     oauthProxy BOOLEAN DEFAULT 0,
     createdAt TIMESTAMP(2) NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
-    memoryLimit INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
+    memoryLimit BIGINT DEFAULT 0,
 
     lastBackupId VARCHAR(128),
     lastBackupConfigJson TEXT, // used for appstore and non-appstore installs. it's here so it's easy to do REST validation