diff --git a/htex_k8s_kind.py b/htex_k8s_kind.py
index 0439afbda4..d85ce633e1 100644
--- a/htex_k8s_kind.py
+++ b/htex_k8s_kind.py
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ def fresh_config():
                 provider=KubernetesProvider(
                     worker_init=". /venv/bin/activate",
                     # pod_name="override-pod-name", # can't use default name because of dots, without own bugfix
-                    image="parsl:ci"
+                    image="parsl:ci",
+                    max_mem="2048Gi"  # was getting OOM-killing of workers with default... maybe this will help.
                     ),
             )
         ],