diff --git a/forge-gui-desktop/pom.xml b/forge-gui-desktop/pom.xml
index 8f2a2230ee4..bdfee6d2c0d 100644
--- a/forge-gui-desktop/pom.xml
+++ b/forge-gui-desktop/pom.xml
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
                                     </classPath>
                                     <jre>
                                         <minVersion>1.8.0</minVersion>
-                                        <maxHeapSize>1024</maxHeapSize>
+                                        <maxHeapSize>4096</maxHeapSize>
                                         <opts>
                                             <opt>-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8</opt>
                                         </opts>
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@
                                     </classPath>
                                     <jre>
                                         <minVersion>1.8.0</minVersion>
-                                        <maxHeapSize>1024</maxHeapSize>
+                                        <maxHeapSize>4096</maxHeapSize>
                                         <opts>
                                             <opt>-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8</opt>
                                         </opts>
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@
                                             <option value="-Dcom.apple.macos.useScreenMenuBar=true" />
                                             <option value="-Dcom.apple.mrj.application.apple.menu.about.name=Forge" />
                                             <option value="-Dcom.apple.smallTabs=true" />
-                                            <option value="-Xmx1024M" />
+                                            <option value="-Xmx4096M" />
                                             <option value="-Dapp.dir=$APP_ROOT/Contents/Resources/" />
                                         </bundleapp>
                                         <copy todir="${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}-osx/Forge.app/Contents/Resources/res">
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@
                                             <option value="-Dcom.apple.macos.useScreenMenuBar=true" />
                                             <option value="-Dcom.apple.mrj.application.apple.menu.about.name=Forge" />
                                             <option value="-Dcom.apple.smallTabs=true" />
-                                            <option value="-Xmx1024M" />
+                                            <option value="-Xmx4096M" />
                                             <option value="-Dapp.dir=$APP_ROOT/Contents/Resources/" />
                                         </bundleapp>
                                         <copy todir="${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}-osx/Forge.app/Contents/Resources/res">
diff --git a/forge-gui-desktop/src/main/config/forge.command b/forge-gui-desktop/src/main/config/forge.command
index 6983fcc8eb2..1e3165f2ed0 100644
--- a/forge-gui-desktop/src/main/config/forge.command
+++ b/forge-gui-desktop/src/main/config/forge.command
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 cd $(dirname "${0}")
-java -Xmx1024m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -jar $project.build.finalName$
+java -Xmx4096m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -jar $project.build.finalName$
diff --git a/forge-gui-desktop/src/main/config/forge.sh b/forge-gui-desktop/src/main/config/forge.sh
index 6983fcc8eb2..1e3165f2ed0 100644
--- a/forge-gui-desktop/src/main/config/forge.sh
+++ b/forge-gui-desktop/src/main/config/forge.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 cd $(dirname "${0}")
-java -Xmx1024m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -jar $project.build.finalName$
+java -Xmx4096m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -jar $project.build.finalName$