diff --git a/medicine-stack/docker-compose.yml b/medicine-stack/docker-compose.yml
index c4e9707..26dfc1b 100644
--- a/medicine-stack/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/medicine-stack/docker-compose.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ services:
     container_name: medicine-stack-postgres
     image: postgres:12.2
     shm_size: 1gb
-    command: postgres -c shared_buffers=512MB -c work_mem=8MB
+    command: postgres -c shared_buffers=512MB -c work_mem=16MB
     restart: "always"
     networks:
       - medicine-network