diff --git a/mariadb/templates/bin/_bootstrap-db.sh.tpl b/mariadb/templates/bin/_bootstrap-db.sh.tpl
index bc1b7d5880..afadf67d34 100644
--- a/mariadb/templates/bin/_bootstrap-db.sh.tpl
+++ b/mariadb/templates/bin/_bootstrap-db.sh.tpl
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ mysqld_safe --defaults-file=/etc/my.cnf \
             --wsrep_cluster_address='gcomm://' \
             --bind-address='127.0.0.1' \
             --wsrep_node_address="127.0.0.1:{{ .Values.network.port.wsrep }}" \
-            --wsrep_provider_options="gcache.size=512M; gmcast.listen_addr=tcp://127.0.0.1:{{ .Values.network.port.wsrep }}" &
+            --wsrep_provider_options="gmcast.listen_addr=tcp://127.0.0.1:{{ .Values.network.port.wsrep }}" &
 
 TIMEOUT=120
 while [[ ! -f /var/lib/mysql/mariadb.pid ]]; do
diff --git a/mariadb/templates/bin/_seed.sh.tpl b/mariadb/templates/bin/_seed.sh.tpl
index 51a1e1c69d..94a35fdec2 100644
--- a/mariadb/templates/bin/_seed.sh.tpl
+++ b/mariadb/templates/bin/_seed.sh.tpl
@@ -91,6 +91,6 @@ mysqld_safe --defaults-file=/etc/my.cnf \
             --wsrep_cluster_address='gcomm://' \
             --bind-address="0.0.0.0" \
             --wsrep_node_address="${POD_IP}:{{ .Values.network.port.wsrep }}" \
-            --wsrep_provider_options="gcache.size=512M; gmcast.listen_addr=tcp://${POD_IP}:{{ .Values.network.port.wsrep }}" &
+            --wsrep_provider_options="gmcast.listen_addr=tcp://${POD_IP}:{{ .Values.network.port.wsrep }}" &
 wait_for_cluster
 exit 0
diff --git a/mariadb/templates/bin/_start.sh.tpl b/mariadb/templates/bin/_start.sh.tpl
index 1a747cf00e..4db3c3f438 100644
--- a/mariadb/templates/bin/_start.sh.tpl
+++ b/mariadb/templates/bin/_start.sh.tpl
@@ -61,6 +61,6 @@ else
     --console \
     --bind-address="0.0.0.0" \
     --wsrep_node_address="${POD_IP}:{{ .Values.network.port.wsrep }}" \
-    --wsrep_provider_options="gcache.size=512M; gmcast.listen_addr=tcp://${POD_IP}:{{ .Values.network.port.wsrep }}" \
+    --wsrep_provider_options="gmcast.listen_addr=tcp://${POD_IP}:{{ .Values.network.port.wsrep }}" \
     $WSREP_OPTIONS
 fi
diff --git a/mariadb/templates/etc/_tuning.cnf.tpl b/mariadb/templates/etc/_tuning.cnf.tpl
index 2edaa24a4b..3605e7c0e3 100644
--- a/mariadb/templates/etc/_tuning.cnf.tpl
+++ b/mariadb/templates/etc/_tuning.cnf.tpl
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ table_definition_cache=1024
 # Typical values are 50..75% of available RAM.
 # TODO(tomasz.paszkowski): This needs to by dynamic based on avaliable RAM.
 innodb_buffer_pool_size=1024M
-innodb_log_file_size=200M
+innodb_log_file_size=128M
 innodb_flush_method=O_DIRECT
 innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit=2
 innodb_old_blocks_time=1000
diff --git a/mariadb/templates/etc/_wsrep.cnf.tpl b/mariadb/templates/etc/_wsrep.cnf.tpl
index 1022dc8cd2..7526274866 100644
--- a/mariadb/templates/etc/_wsrep.cnf.tpl
+++ b/mariadb/templates/etc/_wsrep.cnf.tpl
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 [mysqld]
 wsrep_cluster_name="{{ .Values.database.cluster_name }}"
 wsrep_provider=/usr/lib/galera/libgalera_smm.so
-wsrep_provider_options="gcache.size=512M"
+wsrep_provider_options="gcache.size=128M"
 wsrep_slave_threads=12
 wsrep_sst_auth=root:{{ .Values.database.root_password }}
 wsrep_sst_method={{ .Values.database.wsrep_sst_method }}