diff --git a/deploy/vmop-deployment.yaml b/deploy/vmop-deployment.yaml
index 7c9cc27..f870ead 100644
--- a/deploy/vmop-deployment.yaml
+++ b/deploy/vmop-deployment.yaml
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ spec:
                 - ALL
             readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
             allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              cpu: 100m
+              memory: 32Mi
       volumes:
       - name: config
         configMap:
diff --git a/org.jdrupes.vmoperator.runner.qemu/build.gradle b/org.jdrupes.vmoperator.runner.qemu/build.gradle
index 5dcf53f..ff9a257 100644
--- a/org.jdrupes.vmoperator.runner.qemu/build.gradle
+++ b/org.jdrupes.vmoperator.runner.qemu/build.gradle
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ dependencies {
 
 application {
     applicationName = 'vm-runner.qemu'
-    applicationDefaultJvmArgs = ['-Xms50m',
+    // Keep sync'd with deploy/vmop-deployment.yaml
+    applicationDefaultJvmArgs = ['-Xmx32m',
         '-Djava.util.logging.manager=org.jdrupes.vmoperator.util.LongLoggingManager'
         ]
     // Define the main class for the application.