diff --git a/README b/README
index 48769d6..b940d60 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Databases can be created with:
 
     # Increase Java heap size
     # If there's not enough RAM, try with a different loader, such as --loader=basic
-    export JVM_ARGS=-Xmx16G
+    export JVM_ARGS=-Xmx8G
     tdb2.tdbloader --loc=database_name *.nt
 
 Place all the databases into the folder "fuseki_base/databases/".