diff --git a/public/biopet-framework/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/tools/VcfStats.scala b/public/biopet-framework/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/tools/VcfStats.scala
index 81a0b83c3c3555aa7108d65821cafb94371e186c..790a30af9f3905957c0ee11e97990960fd885a71 100644
--- a/public/biopet-framework/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/tools/VcfStats.scala
+++ b/public/biopet-framework/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/tools/VcfStats.scala
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ class VcfStats(val root: Configurable) extends BiopetJavaCommandLineFunction {
   @Input(doc = "Input fastq", shortName = "I", required = true)
   var input: File = _
 
+  override val defaultVmem = "4G"
+  override val defaultThreads = 3
+
   protected var outputDir: File = _
 
   /**