diff --git a/fastqc.wdl b/fastqc.wdl
index aa1e3971c57cb8b15526fa5a01af0b22934ee008..dc0d71ddf210d56763b1b7d797900fe41bbbee31 100644
--- a/fastqc.wdl
+++ b/fastqc.wdl
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ task extractAdapters {
         Array[String] adapterList = read_lines(select_first([adapterOutputFilePath]))
         Array[String] contamsList = read_lines(select_first([contamsOutputFilePath]))
     }
+    runtime {
+        memory: "8G"
+    }
 }
 
 task getConfiguration {
@@ -111,4 +114,4 @@ task getConfiguration {
         File contaminantList = fastqcDir + "/Configuration/contaminant_list.txt"
         File limits = fastqcDir + "/Configuration/limits.txt"
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}