diff --git a/conf/jitsi-jicofo-config b/conf/jitsi-jicofo-config
index 15ee558..76937ae 100644
--- a/conf/jitsi-jicofo-config
+++ b/conf/jitsi-jicofo-config
@@ -17,5 +17,8 @@ JICOFO_AUTH_PASSWORD=__FOCUS_PASSWORD__
 # extra options to pass to the jicofo daemon
 JICOFO_OPTS=""
 
+# set the max memory used during VM alocation
+JICOFO_MAX_MEMORY=__JICOFO_MAX_MEMORY__
+
 # adds java system props that are passed to jicofo (default are for home and logging config file)
 JAVA_SYS_PROPS="-Dconfig.file=/etc/__APP__/jicofo/jicofo.conf -Dnet.java.sip.communicator.SC_HOME_DIR_LOCATION=/etc/__APP__ -Dnet.java.sip.communicator.SC_HOME_DIR_NAME=jicofo -Dnet.java.sip.communicator.SC_LOG_DIR_LOCATION=/var/log/__APP__ -Djava.util.logging.config.file=/etc/__APP__/jicofo/logging.properties"