diff --git a/protege-desktop/pom.xml b/protege-desktop/pom.xml
index 344ba6b3f..dcdf2b9ed 100644
--- a/protege-desktop/pom.xml
+++ b/protege-desktop/pom.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<conf.mem.xmx>500</conf.mem.xmx>
 		<conf.mem.xms>200</conf.mem.xms>
+		<conf.mem.xss>16</conf.mem.xss>
 		<conf.extra.args>-XX:CompileCommand=exclude,javax/swing/text/GlyphView,getBreakSpot</conf.extra.args>
 		<osx.bundle.name>Protégé.app</osx.bundle.name>
 	</properties>
diff --git a/protege-desktop/src/main/env/linux/run.sh b/protege-desktop/src/main/env/linux/run.sh
index 892104d8c..165a5b91a 100644
--- a/protege-desktop/src/main/env/linux/run.sh
+++ b/protege-desktop/src/main/env/linux/run.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ done
 cd "$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && pwd )"
 
 jre/bin/java -Xmx${conf.mem.xmx}M -Xms${conf.mem.xms}M \
+     -Xss${conf.mem.xss}M \
      -DentityExpansionLimit=100000000 \
      -Dlogback.configurationFile=conf/logback.xml \
      -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 \
diff --git a/protege-desktop/src/main/env/platform-independent/run.bat b/protege-desktop/src/main/env/platform-independent/run.bat
index 70b1461ab..4adee84a4 100644
--- a/protege-desktop/src/main/env/platform-independent/run.bat
+++ b/protege-desktop/src/main/env/platform-independent/run.bat
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 setlocal
 cd /d %~dp0
-java -Xmx${conf.mem.xmx}M -Xms${conf.mem.xms}M ${conf.extra.args} -DentityExpansionLimit=100000000 -Dlogback.configurationFile=conf/logback-win.xml -Dfile.encoding=utf-8 -Dorg.protege.plugin.dir=plugins -classpath bundles/guava.jar;bundles/logback-classic.jar;bundles/logback-core.jar;bundles/slf4j-api.jar;bin/org.apache.felix.main.jar;bin/protege-launcher.jar org.protege.osgi.framework.Launcher %1
+java -Xmx${conf.mem.xmx}M -Xms${conf.mem.xms}M -Xss${conf.mem.xss}M ${conf.extra.args} -DentityExpansionLimit=100000000 -Dlogback.configurationFile=conf/logback-win.xml -Dfile.encoding=utf-8 -Dorg.protege.plugin.dir=plugins -classpath bundles/guava.jar;bundles/logback-classic.jar;bundles/logback-core.jar;bundles/slf4j-api.jar;bin/org.apache.felix.main.jar;bin/protege-launcher.jar org.protege.osgi.framework.Launcher %1
diff --git a/protege-desktop/src/main/env/platform-independent/run.sh b/protege-desktop/src/main/env/platform-independent/run.sh
index 6c50c8692..72eb05717 100644
--- a/protege-desktop/src/main/env/platform-independent/run.sh
+++ b/protege-desktop/src/main/env/platform-independent/run.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ done
 cd "$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && pwd )"
 
 java -Xmx${conf.mem.xmx}M -Xms${conf.mem.xms}M \
+     -Xss${conf.mem.xss}M \
      -Dlogback.configurationFile=conf/logback.xml \
      -DentityExpansionLimit=100000000 \
      -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 \
diff --git a/protege-desktop/src/main/env/win/run.bat b/protege-desktop/src/main/env/win/run.bat
index f2d0384be..76d814c8f 100644
--- a/protege-desktop/src/main/env/win/run.bat
+++ b/protege-desktop/src/main/env/win/run.bat
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 setlocal
 cd /d %~dp0
-jre\bin\java -Xmx${conf.mem.xmx}M -Xms${conf.mem.xms}M ${conf.extra.args} -DentityExpansionLimit=100000000 -Dlogback.configurationFile=conf/logback-win.xml -Dfile.encoding=utf-8 -Dorg.protege.plugin.dir=plugins -classpath bundles/guava.jar;bundles/logback-classic.jar;bundles/logback-core.jar;bundles/slf4j-api.jar;bin/org.apache.felix.main.jar;bin/protege-launcher.jar org.protege.osgi.framework.Launcher %1
+jre\bin\java -Xmx${conf.mem.xmx}M -Xms${conf.mem.xms}M -Xss${conf.mem.xss}M ${conf.extra.args} -DentityExpansionLimit=100000000 -Dlogback.configurationFile=conf/logback-win.xml -Dfile.encoding=utf-8 -Dorg.protege.plugin.dir=plugins -classpath bundles/guava.jar;bundles/logback-classic.jar;bundles/logback-core.jar;bundles/slf4j-api.jar;bin/org.apache.felix.main.jar;bin/protege-launcher.jar org.protege.osgi.framework.Launcher %1