diff --git a/fhir-server-webapp/src/main/liberty/config/configDropins/defaults/jvm.options b/fhir-server-webapp/src/main/liberty/config/configDropins/defaults/jvm.options
index 26cc645718b..e03b502c717 100644
--- a/fhir-server-webapp/src/main/liberty/config/configDropins/defaults/jvm.options
+++ b/fhir-server-webapp/src/main/liberty/config/configDropins/defaults/jvm.options
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Set a fixed, higher than default, initial heap size that could serve a moderate workload
--Xms768M
\ No newline at end of file
+-Xms512M