diff --git a/hack/darwin_restart_podman_machine.sh b/hack/darwin_restart_podman_machine.sh
index bb5ef95..4958135 100755
--- a/hack/darwin_restart_podman_machine.sh
+++ b/hack/darwin_restart_podman_machine.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 # See https://github.com/konveyor/kantra/issues/91
 # See https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/16106#issuecomment-1317188581
+# Setting file limits to unlimited on the Mac Host
 ulimit -n unlimited
 podman machine stop $VM_NAME
 podman machine rm $VM_NAME -f
@@ -15,4 +16,8 @@ podman machine init $VM_NAME -v $HOME:$HOME -v /private/tmp:/private/tmp -v /var
 podman machine set $VM_NAME --cpus $CPUS --memory $MEM --disk-size $DISK_SIZE
 podman system connection default $VM_NAME
 podman machine start $VM_NAME
-
+# Workaround for setting file limits inside of the podman machine VM
+# https://github.com/konveyor/kantra/issues/111
+podman machine ssh $VM_NAME "echo *      soft      nofile      65535 | sudo tee -a /etc/security/limits.conf"
+podman machine ssh $VM_NAME "echo *      hard      nofile      65535 | sudo tee -a /etc/security/limits.conf"
+podman machine ssh $VM_NAME ulimit -n #To confirm the change has taken effect