diff --git a/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/config/AsterixStorageProperties.java b/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/config/AsterixStorageProperties.java
index 6b3f3e2..9e9ef44 100644
--- a/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/config/AsterixStorageProperties.java
+++ b/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/config/AsterixStorageProperties.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     private static final int STORAGE_MEMORYCOMPONENT_NUMPAGES_DEFAULT = 2048; // ... so 64MB components
 
     private static final String STORAGE_MEMORYCOMPONENT_GLOBALBUDGET_KEY = "storage.memorycomponent.globalbudget";
-    private static final long STORAGE_MEMORYCOMPONENT_GLOBALBUDGET_DEFAULT = 2147483648L; // 2GB
+    private static final long STORAGE_MEMORYCOMPONENT_GLOBALBUDGET_DEFAULT = 1073741824; // 1GB
 
     private static final String STORAGE_LSM_MERGETHRESHOLD_KEY = "storage.lsm.mergethreshold";
     private static int STORAGE_LSM_MERGETHRESHOLD_DEFAULT = 3;
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f4c46c6..c8000f8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
             </property>
           </activation>
           <properties>
-            <test.heap.size>2047</test.heap.size>
+            <test.heap.size>2048</test.heap.size>
           </properties>
         </profile>