diff --git a/core/archipelago/src/api/rpc/package/config.rs b/core/archipelago/src/api/rpc/package/config.rs
index 0b0a994a..3bb20f6e 100644
--- a/core/archipelago/src/api/rpc/package/config.rs
+++ b/core/archipelago/src/api/rpc/package/config.rs
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ pub(super) fn get_health_check_args(app_id: &str, rpc_pass: &str) -> Vec<String>
 pub(super) fn get_memory_limit(app_id: &str) -> &'static str {
     match app_id {
         // Heavy apps
-        "bitcoin" | "bitcoin-core" | "bitcoin-knots" => "2g",
+        "bitcoin" | "bitcoin-core" | "bitcoin-knots" => "4g",
         "onlyoffice" | "onlyoffice-documentserver" => "2g",
         "ollama" => "4g",
         // Medium apps
diff --git a/scripts/first-boot-containers.sh b/scripts/first-boot-containers.sh
index e21d09ca..cb3d20db 100644
--- a/scripts/first-boot-containers.sh
+++ b/scripts/first-boot-containers.sh
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ LOW_MEM=false
 
 mem_limit() {
   case "$1" in
-    bitcoin-knots)       $LOW_MEM && echo "1g"   || echo "2g";;
+    bitcoin-knots)       $LOW_MEM && echo "2g"   || echo "4g";;
     onlyoffice)          $LOW_MEM && echo "1g"   || echo "2g";;
     ollama)              $LOW_MEM && echo "1g"   || echo "4g";;
     lnd)                 echo "512m";;
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ if ! $DOCKER ps --format '{{.Names}}' 2>/dev/null | grep -qE 'bitcoin-knots|arch
     log "  Small disk (${DISK_GB}GB) — enabling pruning"
   else
     BTC_EXTRA_ARGS="-txindex=1"
-    BTC_DBCACHE=4096
+    BTC_DBCACHE=2048
     log "  Large disk (${DISK_GB}GB) — enabling txindex"
   fi
   if $DOCKER run -d --name bitcoin-knots --restart unless-stopped \