diff --git a/terraform/dev/locals.tf b/terraform/dev/locals.tf
index a2e37ba5..178c4378 100644
--- a/terraform/dev/locals.tf
+++ b/terraform/dev/locals.tf
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ locals {
 
   dev_instance_definitions = {
     ami                  = "ami-012ea6058806ff688"
-    instance_type        = "t3a.small"
+    instance_type        = "t2.micro"
     role                 = "dev"
     iam_instance_profile = data.terraform_remote_state.common.outputs.instance_profile_name["ec2-to-ecs"]
     key_name             = "eatda-ec2-dev-key"
@@ -75,13 +75,6 @@ locals {
           "java",
           "-Xlog:gc*:stdout:time,uptime,level,tags",
           "-Xlog:gc*:file=/logs/gc.log:time,uptime,level,tags",
-          "-XX:+UseG1GC",
-          "-XX:InitialRAMPercentage=30",
-          "-XX:MaxRAMPercentage=70",
-          "-XX:ParallelGCThreads=2",
-          "-XX:ConcGCThreads=1",
-          "-XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=128m",
-          "-Xlog:ergo=trace",
           "-javaagent:/dd-java-agent.jar",
           "-Ddd.logs.injection=true",
           "-Ddd.runtime-metrics.enabled=true",
diff --git a/terraform/dev/scripts/user-data.sh b/terraform/dev/scripts/user-data.sh
index ad49bffa..e28a9371 100644
--- a/terraform/dev/scripts/user-data.sh
+++ b/terraform/dev/scripts/user-data.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 echo ECS_CLUSTER=${ecs_cluster_name} >> /etc/ecs/ecs.config
 
+fallocate -l 2G /swapfile
+chmod 600 /swapfile
+mkswap /swapfile
+swapon /swapfile
+echo '/swapfile none swap sw 0 0' >> /etc/fstab
+
 mkdir -p /home/ec2-user/logs/backup
 mkdir -p /home/ec2-user/mysql
 mkdir -p /home/ec2-user/scripts
diff --git a/terraform/dev/terraform.tfvars b/terraform/dev/terraform.tfvars
index 4fd7fb05..beaf5c98 100644
--- a/terraform/dev/terraform.tfvars
+++ b/terraform/dev/terraform.tfvars
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ ecs_services = {
 
 ecs_task_definitions_base = {
   api-dev = {
-    cpu                      = 1500
-    memory                   = 1024
+    cpu                      = 500
+    memory                   = 256
     network_mode             = "host"
     requires_compatibilities = ["EC2"]
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ ecs_task_definitions_base = {
   mysql-dev = {
     cpu                      = 256
     memoryReservation        = 128
-    memory                   = 512
+    memory                   = 256
     network_mode             = "host"
     requires_compatibilities = ["EC2"]
     container_image          = "mysql:8"