diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index a07a582..6802587 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -85,16 +85,16 @@ services:
       - node.name=opensearch-node
       - discovery.type=single-node
       - bootstrap.memory_lock=false
-      - "OPENSEARCH_JAVA_OPTS=-Xms512m -Xmx1g"
+      - "OPENSEARCH_JAVA_OPTS=-Xms256m -Xmx512m --add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED"
       - "DISABLE_INSTALL_DEMO_CONFIG=true"
       - "DISABLE_SECURITY_PLUGIN=true"
       - "DISABLE_PERFORMANCE_ANALYZER_AGENT_CLI=true"
     deploy:
       resources:
         limits:
-          memory: 2G
-        reservations:
           memory: 1G
+        reservations:
+          memory: 512M
     ulimits:
       memlock:
         soft: -1
diff --git a/opensearch.Dockerfile b/opensearch.Dockerfile
index 4667a56..1ad65f4 100644
--- a/opensearch.Dockerfile
+++ b/opensearch.Dockerfile
@@ -42,12 +42,22 @@ RUN mkdir -p /usr/share/opensearch/data && \
     echo "node.name: opensearch-node" >> /usr/share/opensearch/config/opensearch.yml && \
     echo "bootstrap.memory_lock: false" >> /usr/share/opensearch/config/opensearch.yml && \
     echo "network.host: 0.0.0.0" >> /usr/share/opensearch/config/opensearch.yml && \
+    echo "logger.level: DEBUG" >> /usr/share/opensearch/config/opensearch.yml && \
     rm -rf /usr/share/opensearch/plugins/opensearch-performance-analyzer && \
+    echo '#!/bin/bash' > /usr/share/opensearch/start-opensearch.sh && \
+    echo 'echo "Starting OpenSearch with Java 21..."' >> /usr/share/opensearch/start-opensearch.sh && \
+    echo 'echo "Java version:"' >> /usr/share/opensearch/start-opensearch.sh && \
+    echo 'java -version' >> /usr/share/opensearch/start-opensearch.sh && \
+    echo 'echo "Memory info:"' >> /usr/share/opensearch/start-opensearch.sh && \
+    echo 'free -h 2>/dev/null || echo "Memory info not available"' >> /usr/share/opensearch/start-opensearch.sh && \
+    echo 'echo "Starting OpenSearch process..."' >> /usr/share/opensearch/start-opensearch.sh && \
+    echo 'exec /usr/share/opensearch/bin/opensearch' >> /usr/share/opensearch/start-opensearch.sh && \
+    chmod +x /usr/share/opensearch/start-opensearch.sh && \
     chown -R opensearch:opensearch /usr/share/opensearch
 
 USER opensearch
 
 EXPOSE 9200 9300
 
-# Use direct startup command since we're using the tarball distribution
-ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/share/opensearch/bin/opensearch"]
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+# Use startup script for better debugging
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/share/opensearch/start-opensearch.sh"]
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