diff --git a/ct/booklore.sh b/ct/booklore.sh
index 38882b11f..250df5a87 100644
--- a/ct/booklore.sh
+++ b/ct/booklore.sh
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ function update_script() {
       echo "SERVER_PORT=6060" >>/opt/booklore_storage/.env
     fi
 
-    sed -i 's|ExecStart=/usr/bin/java -jar|ExecStart=/usr/bin/java -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:+UseStringDeduplication -XX:+UseCompactObjectHeaders -jar|' /etc/systemd/system/booklore.service
+    sed -i 's|ExecStart=.*|ExecStart=/usr/bin/java -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:+UseStringDeduplication -XX:+UseCompactObjectHeaders -XX:MaxRAMPercentage=75.0 -XX:+ExitOnOutOfMemoryError -jar /opt/booklore/dist/app.jar|' /etc/systemd/system/booklore.service
     systemctl daemon-reload
 
     msg_info "Starting Service"
diff --git a/install/booklore-install.sh b/install/booklore-install.sh
index d0fa92f86..586aacc73 100644
--- a/install/booklore-install.sh
+++ b/install/booklore-install.sh
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ After=network.target mariadb.service
 Type=simple
 User=root
 WorkingDirectory=/opt/booklore/dist
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/java -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:+UseStringDeduplication -XX:+UseCompactObjectHeaders -jar /opt/booklore/dist/app.jar
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/java -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:+UseStringDeduplication -XX:+UseCompactObjectHeaders -XX:MaxRAMPercentage=75.0 -XX:+ExitOnOutOfMemoryError -jar /opt/booklore/dist/app.jar
 EnvironmentFile=/opt/booklore_storage/.env
 SuccessExitStatus=143
 TimeoutStopSec=10