diff --git a/sdk/nbproject/project.properties b/sdk/nbproject/project.properties
index 6cc7e80fc..5e0518e81 100644
--- a/sdk/nbproject/project.properties
+++ b/sdk/nbproject/project.properties
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ app.version=3.0beta
 #version number used for plugins, only numbers (e.g. 3.1.3)
 plugins.version=3.0.0
 project.com.jme3.dge.nmgen=jme3-navmesh-gen
-run.args.extra=-J-Xmx512m -J-XX:PermSize=256m -Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true -Dsun.awt.noerasebackground=true -Dsun.java2d.d3d=false -Dsun.java2d.opengl=false -Dsun.java2d.pmoffscreen=false
+run.args.extra=-J-Xmx512m -J-XX:PermSize=256m -J-XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=1024m -Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true -Dsun.awt.noerasebackground=true -Dsun.java2d.d3d=false -Dsun.java2d.opengl=false -Dsun.java2d.pmoffscreen=false
 auxiliary.org-netbeans-modules-apisupport-installer.license-file=license-jme.txt
 auxiliary.org-netbeans-modules-apisupport-installer.os-linux=true
 auxiliary.org-netbeans-modules-apisupport-installer.os-macosx=true