diff --git a/public/biopet-framework/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/tools/Seqstat.scala b/public/biopet-framework/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/tools/Seqstat.scala
index 4f0cf3448e3da2b4c9cb82b2aca4b5ff7cdb6aaa..4e1d50fbcd96b45aa067ce845a2dc501eff2e4a7 100644
--- a/public/biopet-framework/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/tools/Seqstat.scala
+++ b/public/biopet-framework/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/tools/Seqstat.scala
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ class Seqstat(val root: Configurable) extends BiopetJavaCommandLineFunction with
   @Output(doc = "Output JSON", shortName = "output", required = true)
   var output: File = null
 
-  override val defaultVmem = "4G"
-  memoryLimit = Option(3.0)
+  override val defaultVmem = "3G"
+  memoryLimit = Option(1.0)
 
   override def commandLine = super.commandLine + required("-i", input) + " > " + required(output)