diff --git a/maven-meeper/src/bin/synchronize.properties b/maven-meeper/src/bin/synchronize.properties
index b5d88017d..75dbf261c 100644
--- a/maven-meeper/src/bin/synchronize.properties
+++ b/maven-meeper/src/bin/synchronize.properties
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ export REPOCLEAN=$TOOLS_BASE/m1-m2-conversion
 export M1_M2_REWRITE_RULES=$SYNC_TOOLS/m1-m2-mod-rewrite-rules.txt
 export SYNC_REPORTS=$HOME/repository-staging/to-ibiblio/reports/sync
 export JAVA_HOME=/opt/java/sdk/current
-export JAVA=$JAVA_HOME/bin/java
+export JAVA_CMD=$JAVA_HOME/bin/java
+export JAVA_OPTS="-ms32m -mx128m"
+export JAVA="$JAVA_CMD $JAVA_OPTS"
 
 export STAGING_DIR=$HOME/repository-staging/to-ibiblio
 export MAVEN1_REPO=$STAGING_DIR/maven