diff --git a/Dockerfile.new b/Dockerfile.new
index 583af0638..1b985a6d7 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.new
+++ b/Dockerfile.new
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ FROM jelastic/jetty:9.4.49-openjdk-1.8.0_352
 
 USER root
 
-ENV JAVA_OPTS="-Xmx2G"
+ENV JAVA_OPTS="-Xmx2G -Xms1G"
 
 ENV CONTAINER_HTTP_PORT="8088"
 
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ EXPOSE 8088
 
 COPY ps-publish/ /ps-publish
 
-ENTRYPOINT ["/ps-publish/bin/hydra-ingest"]
\ No newline at end of file
+ENTRYPOINT ["/ps-publish/bin/hydra-ingest"]
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 2c52b32b1..8488c7d9d 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ lazy val dockerSettings = Seq(
       from("java")
       maintainer("Alex Silva <alex-silva@pluralsight.com>")
       user("root")
-      env("JAVA_OPTS", "-Xmx2G")
+      env("JAVA_OPTS", "-Xmx2G -Xms256")
       runRaw("mkdir -p /etc/hydra")
       run("mkdir", "-p", "/var/log/hydra")
       expose(8088)