diff --git a/modules/microvm-defaults.nix b/modules/microvm-defaults.nix
index e8885d7a..439f9e9a 100644
--- a/modules/microvm-defaults.nix
+++ b/modules/microvm-defaults.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
       let
         mem = if (config?microvm) then config.microvm.mem else config.deployment.mem;
       in
-      lib.optionalAttrs (mem <= 1024) {
+      lib.optionalAttrs (mem <= 2*1024) {
         # table overflow causing packets from nginx to the service to drop
         # nf_conntrack: nf_conntrack: table full, dropping packet
         "net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_max" = "65536";