diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 9369f6f..66451a3 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ services:
       memlock:
         soft: -1
         hard: -1
+      nofile:
+        soft: 65536
+        hard: 65536
     mem_limit: 8g
     volumes:
       - esdata1:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data