diff --git a/scripts/upgrade b/scripts/upgrade
index f517b6d..d8616f4 100644
--- a/scripts/upgrade
+++ b/scripts/upgrade
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ sudo apt-get install git build-essential libxslt-dev python-dev python-virtualen
 tmp_swap_file=/tmp/searx_swapfile
 if [ $(sudo swapon -s | wc -l) = 1 ];
 then
-    sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=$tmp_swap_file bs=1M count=1024
+    sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=$tmp_swap_file bs=1M count=256
     sudo chmod 600 $tmp_swap_file
     sudo mkswap $tmp_swap_file
     sudo swapon $tmp_swap_file