diff --git a/TestNexus.sh b/TestNexus.sh
index a49e691..ed04ea7 100755
--- a/TestNexus.sh
+++ b/TestNexus.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 DEBUG_ARG=$1
 
 ANT_ARGS=" "
-ANT_OPTS="-Xmx512m"
+ANT_OPTS="-Xms512m -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m"
 START_DATE=`date '+%y%m%d-%H%M'`
 BUILD_TYPE=SNAPSHOT