diff --git a/nextflowConf/aws.temp.config b/nextflowConf/aws.temp.config
index 77b1f3729aedae86801c82bc788dff45d3f984fa..1fec3698204bda1827246cd767815b7536022fb7 100644
--- a/nextflowConf/aws.temp.config
+++ b/nextflowConf/aws.temp.config
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ process {
   }
   withName:alignData {
     cpus = 32
-    memory = '256 GB'
+    memory = '64 GB'
   }
   withName:dedupData {
     cpus = 16
diff --git a/nextflowConf/dnanexus.config b/nextflowConf/dnanexus.config
index 8b7165f53ba02ec8333afd288bbaba45845a2814..09f5758b1f082dc171245e1e10d9984330b7402f 100755
--- a/nextflowConf/dnanexus.config
+++ b/nextflowConf/dnanexus.config
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ process {
   withName:alignData {
     machineType = 'mem3_ssd1_v2_x32'
     cpus = 32
-    memory = '256 GB'
+    memory = '64 GB'
   }
   withName:dedupData {
     machineType = 'mem1_ssd1_v2_x16'