diff --git a/bin/upload-photos b/bin/upload-photos
index 46e274bc..1dd3b104 100755
--- a/bin/upload-photos
+++ b/bin/upload-photos
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ session_name=photo-upload-"$RANDOM"
 escaped_photo_dir=${photo_dir/"'"/"'\\''"}
 
 if [[ -d /run/systemd/system ]]; then
-    limit_cmd=memlimit
+    limit_cmd='LIMIT=512M memlimit'
 else
     limit_cmd=
 fi