diff --git a/hosts/containers/elastic/configuration.nix b/hosts/containers/elastic/configuration.nix
index d14e2ccf..a7a2fa31 100644
--- a/hosts/containers/elastic/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/containers/elastic/configuration.nix
@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@
     cluster_name = "zentralwerk";
     dataDir = "/srv/elasticsearch";
     listenAddress = "0.0.0.0";
-
+    extraJavaOptions = [ "-Xms2g" "-Xmx2g" ];
   };
+  systemd.services.elasticsearch.serviceConfig.Restart = "always";
 
   # does not work, needs to be set on hv (done through ansible)
   boot.kernel.sysctl = {
diff --git a/hosts/containers/logging/configuration.nix b/hosts/containers/logging/configuration.nix
index 553fb672..6b2cc8bc 100644
--- a/hosts/containers/logging/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/containers/logging/configuration.nix
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
     mongodbUri = "mongodb://mongo.serv.zentralwerk.org/graylog";
     extraConfig = ''
     http_bind_address = 0.0.0.0:9000
+    http_publish_uri = http://logging.serv.zentralwerk.org/
     elasticsearch_shards = 1
     allow_highlighting = true
     allow_leading_wildcard_searches = true