diff --git a/morph/lib/issuer-aws.nix b/morph/lib/issuer-aws.nix
index afda7930ee7dce8faf1d85045f2b379384d3c48d..b32d83eb840b0067c78639c46e41fbf9de597bf3 100644
--- a/morph/lib/issuer-aws.nix
+++ b/morph/lib/issuer-aws.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   boot.kernel.sysctl = { "vm.swappiness" = 1; };
   swapDevices = [ {
     device = "/var/swapfile";
-    size = 4096; # megabytes
+    size = 1028; # megabytes
     randomEncryption = true;
   } ];