diff --git a/nixos/roles/earlyoom.nix b/nixos/roles/earlyoom.nix
index 8427d479..cfc3a871 100644
--- a/nixos/roles/earlyoom.nix
+++ b/nixos/roles/earlyoom.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   services.earlyoom = {
     enableNotifications = true;
     freeSwapThreshold = 100;
+    freeMemThreshold = 5;
     enable = true;
   };