diff --git a/home.admin/_bootstrap.provision.sh b/home.admin/_bootstrap.provision.sh
index b04376fd..4cc97885 100755
--- a/home.admin/_bootstrap.provision.sh
+++ b/home.admin/_bootstrap.provision.sh
@@ -149,11 +149,11 @@ kbSizeRAM=$(cat /proc/meminfo | grep "MemTotal" | sed 's/[^0-9]*//g')
 if [ ${kbSizeRAM} -gt 1500000 ]; then
   echo "Detected RAM >1GB --> optimizing ${network}.conf"
   sudo sed -i "s/^dbcache=.*/dbcache=1024/g" /mnt/hdd/${network}/${network}.conf
-  sudo sed -i "s/^maxmempool=.*/maxmempool=256/g" /mnt/hdd/${network}/${network}.conf
+  sudo sed -i "s/^maxmempool=.*/maxmempool=300/g" /mnt/hdd/${network}/${network}.conf
 fi
 if [ ${kbSizeRAM} -gt 3500000 ]; then
   echo "Detected RAM >3GB --> optimizing ${network}.conf"
-  sudo sed -i "s/^maxmempool=.*/maxmempool=512/g" /mnt/hdd/${network}/${network}.conf
+  sudo sed -i "s/^maxmempool=.*/maxmempool=300/g" /mnt/hdd/${network}/${network}.conf
 fi
 
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