diff --git a/src/syncer.js b/src/syncer.js
index ea8582f52..aa02ab587 100644
--- a/src/syncer.js
+++ b/src/syncer.js
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ function sync(dataLayout, taskProcessor, concurrency, callback) {
 
     traverse(readDataLayoutTree(dataLayout), '');
     advanceCache(''); // remove rest of the cache entries
+    cache = []; // clear cache to clear up some memory
 
     safe.fs.closeSync(newCacheFd);