diff --git a/scripts/server b/scripts/server
index 5ecc528..cd1b964 100755
--- a/scripts/server
+++ b/scripts/server
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 cd "$RUN_DIR/server"
 
-nodemon index.js -e js
+nodemon --max-old-space-size=512 index.js -e js
diff --git a/server/index.js b/server/index.js
index 9df96c4..097154d 100644
--- a/server/index.js
+++ b/server/index.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import Util from './../common/Util.js'
 import Game from './Game.js'
 import twing from 'twing'
 import bodyParser from 'body-parser'
+import v8 from 'v8'
 
 const allImages = () => [
   ...fs.readdirSync('./../data/uploads/').map(f => ({
@@ -180,18 +181,22 @@ wss.listen()
 
 
 const memoryUsageHuman = () => {
+  const totalHeapSize = v8.getHeapStatistics().total_available_size
+  let totalHeapSizeInGB = (totalHeapSize / 1024 / 1024 / 1024).toFixed(2)
+
+  console.log(`Total heap size (bytes) ${totalHeapSize}, (GB ~${totalHeapSizeInGB})`)
   const used = process.memoryUsage().heapUsed / 1024 / 1024
-  return `${Math.round(used * 100) / 100}M`
+  console.log(`Mem: ${Math.round(used * 100) / 100}M`)
 }
 
-console.log(`Mem: ${memoryUsageHuman()}`)
+memoryUsageHuman()
 
 // persist games in fixed interval
 const persistInterval = setInterval(() => {
   console.log('Persisting games...');
   Game.persistChangedGames()
 
-  console.log(`Mem: ${memoryUsageHuman()}`)
+  memoryUsageHuman()
 }, config.persistence.interval)
 
 const gracefulShutdown = (signal) => {