diff --git a/gridworks b/gridworks
index 80153ce4c..cc5b3bcc0 100755
--- a/gridworks
+++ b/gridworks
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ fi
 add_option "$JAVA_OPTIONS"
 
 if [ "$GRIDWORKS_MEMORY" == "" ] ; then
-    GRIDWORKS_MEMORY="3072M"
+    GRIDWORKS_MEMORY="1024M"
 fi
 add_option "-Xms256M -Xmx$GRIDWORKS_MEMORY"
 
diff --git a/gridworks.bat b/gridworks.bat
index 9b0a9f44e..36075496f 100644
--- a/gridworks.bat
+++ b/gridworks.bat
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ set JAVA_OPTIONS=
 set OPTS=%OPTS% %JAVA_OPTIONS%
 
 if not "%GRIDWORKS_MEMORY%" == "" goto gotMemory
-set GRIDWORKS_MEMORY=3072M
+set GRIDWORKS_MEMORY=1024M
 :gotMemory
 set OPTS=%OPTS% -Xms256M -Xmx%GRIDWORKS_MEMORY%
 
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ goto end
 if not "%ANT_HOME%" == "" goto gotAntHome
 echo You must have Apache Ant installed and the ANT_HOME environment variable to point to it
 echo.
-echo You can find a copy of ant in the "\thirdparty" folder or download it from
+echo You can download it from
 echo.
 echo   http://ant.apache.org/
 echo.