diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 0808d71..1665336 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ COPY sentry-opentelemetry-agent.jar .
 COPY target/scala-2.13/dpla-api.jar .
 HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=10s --start-period=5s --retries=3 CMD ["curl", "-f", "http://localhost:8080/health-check"]
 EXPOSE 8080
-CMD ["java", "-javaagent:sentry-opentelemetry-agent.jar", "-jar", "/opt/api/dpla-api.jar"]
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+CMD ["java", "-XX:MaxRAMPercentage=85", "-javaagent:sentry-opentelemetry-agent.jar", "-jar", "/opt/api/dpla-api.jar"]
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