diff --git a/build-logic/app-start-plugin/src/main/kotlin/bisq/gradle/app_start_plugin/AppStartPlugin.kt b/build-logic/app-start-plugin/src/main/kotlin/bisq/gradle/app_start_plugin/AppStartPlugin.kt
index 16e616a427..8ca55f0abd 100644
--- a/build-logic/app-start-plugin/src/main/kotlin/bisq/gradle/app_start_plugin/AppStartPlugin.kt
+++ b/build-logic/app-start-plugin/src/main/kotlin/bisq/gradle/app_start_plugin/AppStartPlugin.kt
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ class AppStartPlugin @Inject constructor(private val javaToolchainService: JavaT
             dependsOn(installDistTask)
             javaLauncher.set(getJavaLauncher(project))
 
+            if (project.name == "seednode") {
+                minHeapSize = "4096M"
+                maxHeapSize = "4096M"
+            }
+
             classpath = installDistTask.map {
                 val appLibsDir = File(it.destinationDir, "lib")
                 val allFiles = appLibsDir.listFiles()
diff --git a/seednode/build.gradle b/seednode/build.gradle
index 02bcbd1eaa..52caf7de0b 100644
--- a/seednode/build.gradle
+++ b/seednode/build.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ plugins {
     id 'bisq.gradle.app_start_plugin.AppStartPlugin'
 }
 
-mainClassName = 'bisq.seednode.SeedNodeMain'
+application {
+    mainClass = 'bisq.seednode.SeedNodeMain'
+    applicationDefaultJvmArgs = ['-XX:+ExitOnOutOfMemoryError']
+}
 
 dependencies {
     implementation enforcedPlatform(project(':platform'))