diff --git a/ct/gatus.sh b/ct/gatus.sh
index a1117100c..726bcb652 100644
--- a/ct/gatus.sh
+++ b/ct/gatus.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ source <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxV
 APP="gatus"
 var_tags="${var_tags:-monitoring}"
 var_cpu="${var_cpu:-1}"
-var_ram="${var_ram:-1024}"
+var_ram="${var_ram:-512}"
 var_disk="${var_disk:-4}"
 var_os="${var_os:-debian}"
 var_version="${var_version:-13}"