diff --git a/pregelix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/startnc.sh b/pregelix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/startnc.sh
index ef9cfbe..0092d80 100644
--- a/pregelix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/startnc.sh
+++ b/pregelix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/startnc.sh
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
 if [ $OS_NAME = $LINUX_OS ];
 then
 	MEM_SIZE=`cat /proc/meminfo |grep MemTotal|awk '{print $2}'`
+	MEM_SIZE=$(($MEM_SIZE * 1000))
 else
 	MEM_SIZE=`sysctl -a | grep "hw.memsize ="|awk '{print $3}'`
 fi