diff --git a/sdk/nbproject/project.properties b/sdk/nbproject/project.properties
index 55aedb134..a1dd65ea0 100644
--- a/sdk/nbproject/project.properties
+++ b/sdk/nbproject/project.properties
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ app.icon.icns=jmonkeyplatform.icns
 app.version=3.0RC2
 #version number used for plugins, only 3 numbers (e.g. 3.1.3)
 plugins.version=3.0.0
-run.args.extra=-J-Xmx512m -J-XX:PermSize=256m -J-XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=1024m
+run.args.extra=-J-Xmx512m -J-XX:PermSize=256m -J-XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=2048m
 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