diff --git a/minimesos/src/main/groovy/com/containersol/minimesos/config/AgentResourcesConfig.groovy b/minimesos/src/main/groovy/com/containersol/minimesos/config/AgentResourcesConfig.groovy
index c76842cc..54170578 100644
--- a/minimesos/src/main/groovy/com/containersol/minimesos/config/AgentResourcesConfig.groovy
+++ b/minimesos/src/main/groovy/com/containersol/minimesos/config/AgentResourcesConfig.groovy
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import java.util.regex.Matcher
 class AgentResourcesConfig extends GroovyBlock {
 
     static public final ResourceDefScalar DEFAULT_CPU = new ResourceDefScalar("*", 4)
-    static public final ResourceDefScalar DEFAULT_MEM = new ResourceDefScalar("*", 512)
+    static public final ResourceDefScalar DEFAULT_MEM = new ResourceDefScalar("*", 1024)
     static public final ResourceDefScalar DEFAULT_DISK = new ResourceDefScalar("*", 2000)
     static public final ResourceDefRanges DEFAULT_PORTS = new ResourceDefRanges("*", "[31000-32000]")
 
diff --git a/minimesos/src/test/groovy/com/containersol/minimesos/config/AgentResourcesConfigTest.groovy b/minimesos/src/test/groovy/com/containersol/minimesos/config/AgentResourcesConfigTest.groovy
index 436c8b24..8562efe3 100644
--- a/minimesos/src/test/groovy/com/containersol/minimesos/config/AgentResourcesConfigTest.groovy
+++ b/minimesos/src/test/groovy/com/containersol/minimesos/config/AgentResourcesConfigTest.groovy
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ public class AgentResourcesConfigTest {
 
         AgentResourcesConfig resources = new AgentResourcesConfig()
         String asString = resources.asMesosString()
-        String expected = "ports(*):[31000-32000]; cpus(*):4; mem(*):512; disk(*):2000"
+        String expected = "ports(*):[31000-32000]; cpus(*):4; mem(*):1024; disk(*):2000"
 
         assertEquals(expected, asString)