diff --git a/controllers/reconcile.go b/controllers/reconcile.go
index 39f8894e..965dbf41 100644
--- a/controllers/reconcile.go
+++ b/controllers/reconcile.go
@@ -157,12 +157,12 @@ func populateContainer(d *apps.Deployment, frontend *crd.Frontend, frontendEnvir
 		VolumeMounts: populateContainerVolumeMounts(frontendEnvironment),
 		Resources: v1.ResourceRequirements{
 			Requests: v1.ResourceList{
-				v1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("100m"),
-				v1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("256Mi"),
+				v1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("30m"),
+				v1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("50Mi"),
 			},
 			Limits: v1.ResourceList{
-				v1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("1"),
-				v1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("512Mi"),
+				v1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("40m"),
+				v1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("100Mi"),
 			},
 		},
 		LivenessProbe: &v1.Probe{