diff --git a/home.admin/60finishHDD.sh b/home.admin/60finishHDD.sh
index e42e5a4f..5b5e5f66 100755
--- a/home.admin/60finishHDD.sh
+++ b/home.admin/60finishHDD.sh
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ if [ ${mountOK} -eq 1 ]; then
    sudo chown -R bitcoin:bitcoin /home/bitcoin/.lnd
    echo "OK - ${network} setup ready"
 
+   ###### OPTIMIZE IF RAM >1GB
+   kbSizeRAM=$(cat /proc/meminfo | grep "MemTotal" | sed 's/[^0-9]*//g')
+   if [ ${kbSizeRAM} -gt 1500000 ]; then
+     echo "Detected RAM >1GB --> optimizing ${network}.conf"
+     sudo sed -i "s/^dbcache=.*/dbcache=600/g" /mnt/hdd/${network}/${network}.conf
+     sudo sed -i "s/^maxmempool=.*/maxmempool=300/g" /mnt/hdd/${network}/${network}.conf
+   fi
+
    ###### ACTIVATE TOR IF SET DURING SETUP
    if [ "${runBehindTor}" = "on" ]; then
      echo "TOR was selected ..."
diff --git a/home.admin/_bootstrap.provision.sh b/home.admin/_bootstrap.provision.sh
index 4a07ccf3..86d1077b 100644
--- a/home.admin/_bootstrap.provision.sh
+++ b/home.admin/_bootstrap.provision.sh
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ fi
 sudo rm -rf /etc/ssh >> ${logFile} 2>&1
 sudo ln -s /mnt/hdd/ssh /etc/ssh >> ${logFile} 2>&1
 
+# optimze if RAM >1GB
+kbSizeRAM=$(cat /proc/meminfo | grep "MemTotal" | sed 's/[^0-9]*//g')
+if [ ${kbSizeRAM} -gt 1500000 ]; then
+  echo "Detected RAM >1GB --> optimizing ${network}.conf"
+  sudo sed -i "s/^dbcache=.*/dbcache=600/g" /mnt/hdd/${network}/${network}.conf
+  sudo sed -i "s/^maxmempool=.*/maxmempool=300/g" /mnt/hdd/${network}/${network}.conf
+fi
+
 # link and copy HDD content into new OS
 echo "Link HDD content for user bitcoin" >> ${logFile}
 sudo chown -R bitcoin:bitcoin /mnt/hdd/lnd >> ${logFile} 2>&1