diff --git a/fastqc.wdl b/fastqc.wdl
index 7dd593d27f8f3a683d8a18a05d2132efe9b54728..913c06d779f2d999c870c1c4d97b4d30eee72bf3 100644
--- a/fastqc.wdl
+++ b/fastqc.wdl
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ task GetConfiguration {
     }
 
     runtime {
-        memory: 4 # Needs more than 1 to pull the docker image
+        memory: 2 # Needs more than 1 to pull the docker image
         docker: "quay.io/biocontainers/fastqc:" + dockerTag
     }
 }