diff --git a/dashboard/src/views/services.html b/dashboard/src/views/services.html
index c3d0ff931..2c8b33d74 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/views/services.html
+++ b/dashboard/src/views/services.html
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
             <div class="form-group">
               <label class="control-label" style="display: block;" for="memoryLimit">
-                {{ 'services.memoryLimit' | tr }}: <b>{{ serviceConfigure.memoryLimit | prettyBinarySize:'Default (256 MiB)' }}</b>
+                {{ 'services.memoryLimit' | tr }}: <b>{{ serviceConfigure.memoryLimit | prettyBinarySize:'' }}</b>
                 <button type="button" class="btn btn-xs btn-default pull-right" ng-click="serviceConfigure.resetToDefaults()">{{ 'services.configure.resetToDefaults' | tr }}</button>
               </label>
               <div style="padding: 0 10px;">
diff --git a/dashboard/src/views/services.js b/dashboard/src/views/services.js
index 4a2bea5bd..4383efad6 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/views/services.js
+++ b/dashboard/src/views/services.js
@@ -20,12 +20,13 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('ServicesController', ['$scope', '$loca
             if (error) return console.log('Error getting status of ' + serviceName + ':' + error.message);
 
             var service = $scope.services.find(function (s) { return s.name === serviceName; });
-            if (!service) $scope.services[serviceName] = service;
+            if (!service) callback(new Error('no such service' + serviceName)); // cannot happen
 
             service.status = result.status;
             service.config = result.config;
             service.memoryUsed = result.memoryUsed;
             service.memoryPercent = result.memoryPercent;
+            service.defaultMemoryLimit = result.defaultMemoryLimit;
 
             callback(null, service);
         });
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('ServicesController', ['$scope', '$loca
             $scope.serviceConfigure.memoryTicks = [];
             // we max system memory and current service memory for the case where the user configured the service on another server with more resources
             var nearest256m = Math.ceil(Math.max($scope.memory.memory, service.config.memoryLimit) / (256*1024*1024)) * 256 * 1024 * 1024;
-            var startTick = 256 * 1024 * 1024;
+            var startTick = service.defaultMemoryLimit;
 
             for (var i = startTick; i <= nearest256m; i *= 2) {
                 $scope.serviceConfigure.memoryTicks.push(i);
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('ServicesController', ['$scope', '$loca
         },
 
         resetToDefaults: function () {
-            $scope.serviceConfigure.memoryLimit = 256 * 1024 * 1024; // 256MB default
+            $scope.serviceConfigure.memoryLimit = $scope.serviceConfigure.service.defaultMemoryLimit;
         },
 
         reset: function () {
diff --git a/src/services.js b/src/services.js
index 09a46781f..388dd9c9d 100644
--- a/src/services.js
+++ b/src/services.js
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ async function getServiceStatus(id) {
         throw new BoxError(BoxError.NOT_FOUND, 'Service not found');
     }
 
-    const tmp = {
+    const result = {
         name: name,
         status: null,
         memoryUsed: 0,
@@ -393,20 +393,21 @@ async function getServiceStatus(id) {
         config: {}
     };
 
-    const result = await containerStatusFunc();
-    tmp.status = result.status;
-    tmp.memoryUsed = result.memoryUsed;
-    tmp.memoryPercent = result.memoryPercent;
-    tmp.error = result.error || null;
-    tmp.healthcheck = result.healthcheck || null;
+    const status = await containerStatusFunc();
+    result.status = status.status;
+    result.memoryUsed = status.memoryUsed;
+    result.memoryPercent = status.memoryPercent;
+    result.defaultMemoryLimit = service.defaultMemoryLimit;
+    result.error = status.error || null;
+    result.healthcheck = status.healthcheck || null;
 
-    tmp.config = await getServiceConfig(id);
+    result.config = await getServiceConfig(id);
 
-    if (!tmp.config.memoryLimit && service.defaultMemoryLimit) {
-        tmp.config.memoryLimit = service.defaultMemoryLimit;
+    if (!result.config.memoryLimit && service.defaultMemoryLimit) {
+        result.config.memoryLimit = service.defaultMemoryLimit;
     }
 
-    return tmp;
+    return result;
 }
 
 async function configureService(id, data, auditSource) {