diff --git a/morph/lib/issuer-aws.nix b/morph/lib/issuer-aws.nix
index a66ab72addd43da1feb96bdd86d46312ec327fd3..2db5a7aa0e589f31e9c78cffc57d6e356fec737c 100644
--- a/morph/lib/issuer-aws.nix
+++ b/morph/lib/issuer-aws.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   boot.kernel.sysctl = { "vm.swappiness" = 0; };
   swapDevices = [ {
     device = "/var/swapfile";
-    size = 8192; # megabytes
+    size = 4096; # megabytes
     randomEncryption = true;
   } ];