diff --git a/.jvmopts b/.jvmopts
index e419fb176..51e516b60 100644
--- a/.jvmopts
+++ b/.jvmopts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # Cats jvmopts see https://weblogs.java.net/blog/kcpeppe/archive/2013/12/11/case-study-jvm-hotspot-flags
 -Dfile.encoding=UTF8
--Xms1G
+-Xms2G
 -Xmx6G
+-Xss64m
 -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512M
 -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=250M
 -XX:+TieredCompilation
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1e3592931..37fe3239e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ before_install:
     openssl aes-256-cbc -K $encrypted_88322e86f6b6_key -iv $encrypted_88322e86f6b6_iv -in secring.gpg.enc -out secring.gpg -d;
   fi
 - export PATH=${PATH}:./vendor/bundle
-- export SBT_JAVA_OPT=-J-Xss64m
 
 install:
 - rvm use 2.3.8 --install --fuzzy