diff --git a/.jvmopts b/.jvmopts
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+-XX:MaxPermSize=512m
+-Xms1g
+-Xmx3g
+-Xss2m
+-XX:+CMSClassUnloadingEnabled
+-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC