diff --git a/hosts/containers/grafana/default.nix b/hosts/containers/grafana/default.nix
index 06aa57c9..4f822cc2 100644
--- a/hosts/containers/grafana/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/containers/grafana/default.nix
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ in {
     ) {} restartServices
     // {
       # work around our slow storage that can't keep up
-      influxdb.serviceConfig.LimitNOFILES = 102400;
+      influxdb.serviceConfig.LimitNOFILE = "1048576:1048576";
       influxdb.serviceConfig.TimeoutStartSec = "infinity";
     };