diff --git a/puppet/files/puppet-check b/puppet/files/puppet-check
index 980cfb7..9b63cd2 100755
--- a/puppet/files/puppet-check
+++ b/puppet/files/puppet-check
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ end
 begin
     Process.kill(0, pid)
 
-    # check memory usage and restart if over 256M
+    # check memory usage and restart if over 160M
     rss = `ps -o rss -p '#{pid}'`.to_a.last.to_i / 1024
-    if rss > 128
+    if rss > 160
         err = sprintf("puppetd memory usage too high (%d MB), on host '%s' sending HUP\n",
                       rss, Socket.gethostname)
         Syslog.warning err