diff --git a/docker/huggingface/Dockerfile b/docker/huggingface/Dockerfile
index 7ab1c36..c2bec6c 100644
--- a/docker/huggingface/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/huggingface/Dockerfile
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ COPY Dockerfile greeting.md* .env* ./
 RUN npm run build
 EXPOSE 7860
 ENV NODE_ENV=production
-CMD [ "npm", "start" ]
+# Huggigface free VMs have 16GB of RAM so we can be greedy
+CMD [ "npm", "start", "--", "--max-old-space-size=12288" ]
diff --git a/docs/deploy-huggingface.md b/docs/deploy-huggingface.md
index 968b1c9..f59c165 100644
--- a/docs/deploy-huggingface.md
+++ b/docs/deploy-huggingface.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ COPY Dockerfile greeting.md* .env* ./
 RUN npm run build
 EXPOSE 7860
 ENV NODE_ENV=production
-CMD [ "npm", "start" ]
+CMD [ "npm", "start", "--", "--max-old-space-size=12288" ]
 ```
 - Click "Commit new file to `main`" to save the Dockerfile.