diff --git a/scripts/cloudron-setup b/scripts/cloudron-setup
index 5e5e78b48..cabad4ded 100755
--- a/scripts/cloudron-setup
+++ b/scripts/cloudron-setup
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ fi
 # change this to a hash when we make a upgrade release
 readonly LOG_FILE="/var/log/cloudron-setup.log"
 readonly MINIMUM_DISK_SIZE_GB="20" # this is the size of "/" and required to fit in docker images
-readonly MINIMUM_MEMORY="992"     # this is mostly reported for 1GB main memory due to 1000 vs 1024
+readonly MINIMUM_MEMORY="990"     # this is mostly reported for 1GB main memory (DO 992, EC2 990)
 
 # copied from cloudron-resize-fs.sh
 readonly physical_memory=$(free -m | awk '/Mem:/ { print $2 }')