diff --git a/morph/grid/production/storage001-hardware.nix b/morph/grid/production/storage001-hardware.nix
index b2ca97c1db1b9721b93f2662d6e8d34189d5a0ab..64f945ed0ea8f0220ce591d7d880189f9a18c59b 100644
--- a/morph/grid/production/storage001-hardware.nix
+++ b/morph/grid/production/storage001-hardware.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ ];
   boot.kernelModules = [ "kvm-intel" ];
   boot.extraModulePackages = [ ];
-  boot.kernel.sysctl = { "vm.swappiness" = 0; };
+  boot.kernel.sysctl = { "vm.swappiness" = 1; };
 
   fileSystems."/" =
     { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/f72c1f46-6723-45bf-9ef7-92f31cc37589";
diff --git a/morph/grid/production/storage002-hardware.nix b/morph/grid/production/storage002-hardware.nix
index 2f354ad29930f048f7eb20b54a1504ed87db85a1..69b6946098728f2f3e30d7b7570ae88167efbee4 100644
--- a/morph/grid/production/storage002-hardware.nix
+++ b/morph/grid/production/storage002-hardware.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ ];
   boot.kernelModules = [ "kvm-intel" ];
   boot.extraModulePackages = [ ];
-  boot.kernel.sysctl = { "vm.swappiness" = 0; };
+  boot.kernel.sysctl = { "vm.swappiness" = 1; };
 
   fileSystems."/" =
     { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/0e92ada9-effb-42e2-a26a-9cdb529bcdc7";
diff --git a/morph/grid/production/storage003-hardware.nix b/morph/grid/production/storage003-hardware.nix
index d8ffe5d59fb39ba4a9c6b1b73313f199a2ed980b..f4d68cac14e74d4d41c1af9c50d6e1df41b37aef 100644
--- a/morph/grid/production/storage003-hardware.nix
+++ b/morph/grid/production/storage003-hardware.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   boot.kernelModules = [ "kvm-intel" ];
   boot.extraModulePackages = [ ];
   boot.supportedFilesystems = [ "zfs" ];
-  boot.kernel.sysctl = { "vm.swappiness" = 0; };
+  boot.kernel.sysctl = { "vm.swappiness" = 1; };
 
   fileSystems."/" =
     { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/240fc1f6-cd55-48a3-ac80-5b3550a32ef5";
diff --git a/morph/grid/production/storage004-hardware.nix b/morph/grid/production/storage004-hardware.nix
index 1fe78a76e813605d8e181d5a858062f77114ba38..6cc5ddc34a470cadd7dd5ddf9cb511f7988428c7 100644
--- a/morph/grid/production/storage004-hardware.nix
+++ b/morph/grid/production/storage004-hardware.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ ];
   boot.kernelModules = [ "kvm-intel" ];
   boot.extraModulePackages = [ ];
-  boot.kernel.sysctl = { "vm.swappiness" = 0; };
+  boot.kernel.sysctl = { "vm.swappiness" = 1; };
 
   fileSystems."/" =
     { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/d628122e-05d9-4212-b6a5-4b9516d85dbe";
diff --git a/morph/grid/production/storage005-hardware.nix b/morph/grid/production/storage005-hardware.nix
index e8f7b6391b4cb1c8d3e6059c1fd09512a0cc370b..45f4da4bd0160feb3dd27100dfff9306c49edf05 100644
--- a/morph/grid/production/storage005-hardware.nix
+++ b/morph/grid/production/storage005-hardware.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ ];
   boot.kernelModules = [ "kvm-intel" ];
   boot.extraModulePackages = [ ];
-  boot.kernel.sysctl = { "vm.swappiness" = 0; };
+  boot.kernel.sysctl = { "vm.swappiness" = 1; };
 
   fileSystems."/" =
     { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/2653c6bb-396f-4911-b9ff-b68de8f9715d";
diff --git a/morph/lib/issuer-aws.nix b/morph/lib/issuer-aws.nix
index 8a7c14ecaa73cd7aebadebee5f534988baef94b6..7455a4375186ec4cf01947d4efc77d5ab9adceff 100644
--- a/morph/lib/issuer-aws.nix
+++ b/morph/lib/issuer-aws.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   boot.loader.grub.device = lib.mkForce "/dev/nvme0n1";
 
   ec2.hvm = true;
-  boot.kernel.sysctl = { "vm.swappiness" = 0; };
+  boot.kernel.sysctl = { "vm.swappiness" = 1; };
   swapDevices = [ {
     device = "/var/swapfile";
     size = 4096; # megabytes