diff --git a/RTCP/Cobalt/OutputProc/src/outputProc.cc b/RTCP/Cobalt/OutputProc/src/outputProc.cc
index 7b39d24541bb2397ba65b278e1b68a755e1f276e..39407435760cceb38492b31110eba99d723617b0 100644
--- a/RTCP/Cobalt/OutputProc/src/outputProc.cc
+++ b/RTCP/Cobalt/OutputProc/src/outputProc.cc
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
   setIOpriority();
   setRTpriority();
-  lockInMemory(64UL * 1024UL * 1024UL * 1024UL); // limit memory to 16 GB
+  lockInMemory(16UL * 1024UL * 1024UL * 1024UL); // limit memory to 16 GB
 
   PortBroker::createInstance(storageBrokerPort(observationID));