diff --git a/gridworks b/gridworks
index 6624e0c7a..9b6646928 100755
--- a/gridworks
+++ b/gridworks
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ add_option "$JAVA_OPTIONS"
 if [ -z "$GRIDWORKS_MEMORY" ]; then
     GRIDWORKS_MEMORY="1024M"
 fi
-add_option "-Xms256M -Xmx$GRIDWORKS_MEMORY"
+add_option "-Xms256M -Xmx$GRIDWORKS_MEMORY -Dgridworks.memory=$GRIDWORKS_MEMORY"
 
 if [ -z "$GRIDWORKS_PORT" ]; then
     GRIDWORKS_PORT="3333"
diff --git a/gridworks.bat b/gridworks.bat
index 5aeb52693..8c4f8b273 100644
--- a/gridworks.bat
+++ b/gridworks.bat
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ set OPTS=%OPTS% %JAVA_OPTIONS%
 if not "%GRIDWORKS_MEMORY%" == "" goto gotMemory
 set GRIDWORKS_MEMORY=1024M
 :gotMemory
-set OPTS=%OPTS% -Xms256M -Xmx%GRIDWORKS_MEMORY%
+set OPTS=%OPTS% -Xms256M -Xmx%GRIDWORKS_MEMORY% -Dgridworks.memory=%GRIDWORKS_MEMORY%
 
 if not "%GRIDWORKS_PORT%" == "" goto gotPort
 set GRIDWORKS_PORT=3333
diff --git a/src/server/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/Gridworks.java b/src/server/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/Gridworks.java
index d47060e0d..f635e0e5e 100644
--- a/src/server/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/Gridworks.java
+++ b/src/server/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/Gridworks.java
@@ -128,6 +128,11 @@ class GridworksServer extends Server {
     private ThreadPoolExecutor threadPool;
     
     public void init(String host, int port) throws Exception {
+        logger.info("Starting Server bound to '" + host + ":" + port + "'");
+
+        String memory = Configurations.get("gridworks.memory");
+        if (memory != null) logger.info("Max memory size: " + memory);
+        
         int maxThreads = Configurations.getInteger("gridworks.queue.size", 30);
         int maxQueue = Configurations.getInteger("gridworks.queue.max_size", 300);
         long keepAliveTime = Configurations.getInteger("gridworks.queue.idle_time", 60);