diff -urN scilab-orig/etc/jvm_options.xml scilab/etc/jvm_options.xml
--- scilab-orig/etc/jvm_options.xml	2012-09-26 23:04:51.301102957 -0400
+++ scilab/etc/jvm_options.xml	2012-09-26 23:07:24.822118228 -0400
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <!-- ENABLE Just In Time java compiler -->
     <option value="-Djava.compiler=JIT"/>
     <!-- Set Java Heap space to 256mb -->
-    <option value="-Xmx256m"/>
+    <option value="-Xmx512m"/>
 
     <!-- Set Java space for direct buffer allocation -->
 <!--