diff --git a/azure_script/setup_vm3.sh b/azure_script/setup_vm3.sh
index 11233a141f45a785a1a44252ac84a7ee7b61d607..010ac27fdba1ec7950426eaad1bd8733b2aa8e4c 100755
--- a/azure_script/setup_vm3.sh
+++ b/azure_script/setup_vm3.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ sudo apt-get -y update
 #don't do apt-get upgrade because it does not work with AWS
 sudo apt -y install libmicrohttpd-dev libssl-dev cmake build-essential libhwloc-dev leafpad git xauth libuv1-dev
 
-sudo sysctl -w vm.nr_hugepages=128
+sudo sysctl -w vm.nr_hugepages=1500
 git clone https://github.com/azurecloudminingscript/azure-cloud-mining-script
 if [ -z "$gittag" ]
 then