diff --git a/service/files/defaults.yaml b/service/files/defaults.yaml
index 7940e92..f43458f 100644
--- a/service/files/defaults.yaml
+++ b/service/files/defaults.yaml
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ configs:
     address: 0.0.0.0
     port:
       cont: 11211
-    ram: 256
+    ram: 1024
+    max_connections: 16384
diff --git a/service/memcached.yaml b/service/memcached.yaml
index 8ca2dff..00597c3 100644
--- a/service/memcached.yaml
+++ b/service/memcached.yaml
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ service:
     - name: memcached
       image: memcached
       daemon:
-        command: memcached -v -u memcached -l {{ memcached.address }} -m {{ memcached.ram }}
+        command: memcached -v -u memcached -l {{ memcached.address }} -m {{ memcached.ram }} -c {{ memcached.max_connections }}
         user: memcached