diff --git a/scripts/archipelago/update.sh b/scripts/archipelago/update.sh
index d25b11fe..c3a503c9 100755
--- a/scripts/archipelago/update.sh
+++ b/scripts/archipelago/update.sh
@@ -2,10 +2,14 @@
 
 # Part of the Archipelago Commons Project
 # This should be run as: docker exec -ti esmero-php bash -c 'scripts/archipelago/update.sh'
+# If you Host Machine (the one where your keyboard and screen is attached!) has 4Gbytes, memory can run out during
+# composer update (you will see a "killed" message. We recommend:
+# Do a docker ps first and stop every container except esmero-php and esmero-web. 
+# Re run this script.
 
 echo -ne "Updating Archipelago Packages to whatever is latest in this release!\n"
 echo -ne "Running as " && whoami;
-composer update strawberryfield/strawberryfield strawberryfield/format_strawberryfield strawberryfield/webform_strawberryfield archipelago/archipelago_subtheme --no-scripts;
+php -d memory_limit=-1 /usr/bin/composer update strawberryfield/strawberryfield strawberryfield/format_strawberryfield strawberryfield/webform_strawberryfield archipelago/archipelago_subtheme --no-scripts;
 (($? != 0)) && { printf '%s\n' "Updating strawberryfield packages via composer failed"; exit 1; }
 drush status bootstrap | grep -q Successful;
 (($? == 0)) && { drush cr; }