diff --git a/src/memory.sh b/src/memory.sh
index 246405d..04a084f 100644
--- a/src/memory.sh
+++ b/src/memory.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -Eeuo pipefail
 
+msg="Checking memory..."
+[[ "$DEBUG" == [Yy1]* ]] && echo "$msg"
+
 RAM_AVAIL=$(free -b | grep -m 1 Mem: | awk '{print $7}')
+AVAIL_MEM=$(formatBytes "$RAM_AVAIL")
 
 if [[ "$RAM_CHECK" != [Nn]* && "${RAM_SIZE,,}" != "max" && "${RAM_SIZE,,}" != "half" ]]; then
 
-  AVAIL_MEM=$(formatBytes "$RAM_AVAIL")
+  wanted=$(numfmt --from=iec "$RAM_SIZE")
 
-  if (( (RAM_WANTED + RAM_SPARE) > RAM_AVAIL )); then
-    msg="Your configured RAM_SIZE of ${RAM_SIZE/G/ GB} is too high for the $AVAIL_MEM of memory available,"
+  if (( (wanted + RAM_SPARE) > RAM_AVAIL )); then
+    msg="Your configured RAM_SIZE of ${RAM_SIZE/G/ GB} is too high for the $AVAIL_MEM of free memory available,"
     if [[ "${FS,,}" == "zfs" ]]; then
       info "$msg but since ZFS is active this will be ignored."
     else
@@ -16,8 +20,8 @@ if [[ "$RAM_CHECK" != [Nn]* && "${RAM_SIZE,,}" != "max" && "${RAM_SIZE,,}" != "h
       warn "$msg it will automatically be adjusted to a lower amount."
     fi
   else
-    if (( (RAM_WANTED + (RAM_SPARE * 3)) > RAM_AVAIL )); then
-      msg="your configured RAM_SIZE of ${RAM_SIZE/G/ GB} is very close to the $AVAIL_MEM of memory available,"
+    if (( (wanted + (RAM_SPARE * 3)) > RAM_AVAIL )); then
+      msg="your configured RAM_SIZE of ${RAM_SIZE/G/ GB} is very close to the $AVAIL_MEM of free memory available,"
       if [[ "${FS,,}" == "zfs" ]]; then
         info "$msg but since ZFS is active this will be ignored."
       else
@@ -30,57 +34,45 @@ fi
 
 if [[ "${RAM_SIZE,,}" == "half" ]]; then
 
-  RAM_WANTED=$(( RAM_AVAIL / 2 ))
-  RAM_WANTED=$(( RAM_WANTED / 1073741825 ))
-
-  if (( "$RAM_WANTED" < 1 )); then
-    RAM_WANTED=$(( RAM_AVAIL / 2 ))
-    RAM_WANTED=$(( RAM_WANTED / 1048577 ))
-    RAM_SIZE="${RAM_WANTED}M"
+  if (( (RAM_AVAIL / 2) > RAM_SPARE )); then
+    wanted=$(( (RAM_AVAIL / 2) / 1048577 ))
+    RAM_SIZE="${wanted}M"
+    info "Allocated $wanted MB of RAM for the virtual machine."
   else
-    RAM_SIZE="${RAM_WANTED}G"
+    RAM_SIZE="max"
   fi
 
 fi
 
 if [[ "${RAM_SIZE,,}" == "max" ]]; then
 
-  RAM_WANTED=$(( RAM_AVAIL - (RAM_SPARE * 3) ))
-  RAM_WANTED=$(( RAM_WANTED / 1073741825 ))
+  if (( RAM_AVAIL < (RAM_SPARE * 2) )); then
 
-  if (( "$RAM_WANTED" < 1 )); then
+    wanted=$(( RAM_AVAIL / 2 ))
 
-    RAM_WANTED=$(( RAM_AVAIL - (RAM_SPARE * 2) ))
-    RAM_WANTED=$(( RAM_WANTED / 1073741825 ))
-
-    if (( "$RAM_WANTED" < 1 )); then
-
-      RAM_WANTED=$(( RAM_AVAIL - RAM_SPARE ))
-      RAM_WANTED=$(( RAM_WANTED / 1073741825 ))
-
-      if (( "$RAM_WANTED" < 1 )); then
-
-        RAM_WANTED=$(( RAM_AVAIL - RAM_SPARE ))
-        RAM_WANTED=$(( RAM_WANTED / 1048577 ))
-
-        if (( "$RAM_WANTED" < 1 )); then
-
-          RAM_WANTED=$(( RAM_AVAIL ))
-          RAM_WANTED=$(( RAM_WANTED / 1048577 ))
-
-        fi
-
-        RAM_SIZE="${RAM_WANTED}M"
-      else
-        RAM_SIZE="${RAM_WANTED}G"
-      fi
-    else
-      RAM_SIZE="${RAM_WANTED}G"
-    fi
   else
-    RAM_SIZE="${RAM_WANTED}G"
+
+    wanted=$(( RAM_AVAIL - (RAM_SPARE * 3) ))
+
+    if (( wanted < (RAM_SPARE * 6) )); then
+      wanted=$(( RAM_AVAIL - RAM_SPARE ))
+    fi
+
   fi
 
+  wanted=$(( wanted / 1048577 ))
+  RAM_SIZE="${wanted}M"
+
+  info "Allocated $wanted MB of RAM for the virtual machine."
+
+fi
+
+wanted=$(numfmt --from=iec "$RAM_SIZE")
+
+if [ "$wanted" -lt "$RAM_MINIMUM" ]; then
+  wanted=$(( wanted / 1048577 ))
+  error "Not enough memory available, there is only $wanted MB left!"
+  exit 16
 fi
 
 return 0
diff --git a/src/reset.sh b/src/reset.sh
index fbf5cc3..2a81850 100644
--- a/src/reset.sh
+++ b/src/reset.sh
@@ -127,12 +127,13 @@ if [[ "${FS,,}" == "ecryptfs" || "${FS,,}" == "tmpfs" ]]; then
 fi
 
 # Read memory
-RAM_SPARE=500000000
 RAM_AVAIL=$(free -b | grep -m 1 Mem: | awk '{print $7}')
 RAM_TOTAL=$(free -b | grep -m 1 Mem: | awk '{print $2}')
 
+RAM_SPARE=500000000
+RAM_MINIMUM=136314880
 RAM_SIZE="${RAM_SIZE// /}"
-[ -z "$RAM_SIZE" ] && error "RAM_SIZE not specified!" && exit 16
+[ -z "$RAM_SIZE" ] && RAM_SIZE="2G"
 
 if [[ "${RAM_SIZE,,}" != "max" && "${RAM_SIZE,,}" != "half" ]]; then
 
@@ -142,8 +143,8 @@ if [[ "${RAM_SIZE,,}" != "max" && "${RAM_SIZE,,}" != "half" ]]; then
 
   RAM_SIZE=$(echo "${RAM_SIZE^^}" | sed 's/MB/M/g;s/GB/G/g;s/TB/T/g')
   ! numfmt --from=iec "$RAM_SIZE" &>/dev/null && error "Invalid RAM_SIZE: $RAM_SIZE" && exit 16
-  RAM_WANTED=$(numfmt --from=iec "$RAM_SIZE")
-  [ "$RAM_WANTED" -lt "136314880 " ] && error "RAM_SIZE is too low: $RAM_SIZE" && exit 16
+  wanted=$(numfmt --from=iec "$RAM_SIZE")
+  [ "$wanted" -lt "$RAM_MINIMUM " ] && error "RAM_SIZE is too low: $RAM_SIZE" && exit 16
 
 fi