diff --git a/jadx-cli/build.gradle b/jadx-cli/build.gradle
index 089d80dcf..88fddf5a6 100644
--- a/jadx-cli/build.gradle
+++ b/jadx-cli/build.gradle
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ dependencies {
 application {
 	applicationName = 'jadx'
 	mainClass.set('jadx.cli.JadxCLI')
-	applicationDefaultJvmArgs = ['-Xms128M', '-Xmx4g', '-XX:+UseG1GC']
+	applicationDefaultJvmArgs = ['-Xms128M', '-XX:MaxRAMPercentage=70.0', '-XX:+UseG1GC']
 }
 
 applicationDistribution.with {
diff --git a/jadx-gui/build.gradle b/jadx-gui/build.gradle
index 0454f0b74..518cd2de6 100644
--- a/jadx-gui/build.gradle
+++ b/jadx-gui/build.gradle
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ dependencies {
 application {
 	applicationName = 'jadx-gui'
 	mainClass.set('jadx.gui.JadxGUI')
+	// The option -XX:+UseG1GC is only relevant for Java 8. Starting with Java 9 G1GC is already the default GC
+	applicationDefaultJvmArgs = ['-Xms128M', '-XX:MaxRAMPercentage=70.0', '-XX:+UseG1GC',
+								 '-Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=lcd', '-Dswing.aatext=true']
 }
 
 applicationDistribution.with {
@@ -62,8 +65,6 @@ shadowJar {
 }
 
 startScripts {
-	// The option -XX:+UseG1GC is only relevant for Java 8. Starting with Java 9 G1GC is already the default GC
-	defaultJvmOpts = ['-Xms128M', '-Xmx4g', '-Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=lcd', '-Dswing.aatext=true', '-XX:+UseG1GC']
 	doLast {
 		def str = windowsScript.text
 		str = str.replaceAll('java.exe', 'javaw.exe')