diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index 71c5775e0..594a6560a 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ rm -rf .cache
 mkdir dist 2> /dev/null
 mkdir dist/assets 2> /dev/null
 
+export NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=8192"
+
 # This script ends every line with '&&' to chain everything. A failure will thus stop the build
 npm run generate:editor-layer-index &&
 npm run generate &&