diff --git a/frontend/shadow-cljs.edn b/frontend/shadow-cljs.edn
index 88068a45d..6f80cdb38 100644
--- a/frontend/shadow-cljs.edn
+++ b/frontend/shadow-cljs.edn
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {:deps {:aliases [:dev]}
  :http {:port 3448}
  :nrepl {:port 3447}
- :jvm-opts ["-Xmx1g" "-Xms1g"]
+ :jvm-opts ["-Xmx1g" "-Xms512m"]
 
  :builds
  {:main