diff --git a/cuebot/src/main/java/com/imageworks/spcue/dao/postgres/ProcDaoJdbc.java b/cuebot/src/main/java/com/imageworks/spcue/dao/postgres/ProcDaoJdbc.java
index 5ae4d5a31..586d1f1df 100644
--- a/cuebot/src/main/java/com/imageworks/spcue/dao/postgres/ProcDaoJdbc.java
+++ b/cuebot/src/main/java/com/imageworks/spcue/dao/postgres/ProcDaoJdbc.java
@@ -600,6 +600,8 @@ public boolean increaseReservedMemory(ProcInterface p, long value) {
                   "host.pk_host = ? " +
               "AND " +
                   "proc.int_mem_reserved != 0 " +
+              "AND " +
+                  "proc.int_virt_used >= proc.int_mem_pre_reserved " +
               "ORDER BY " +
                   "proc.int_virt_used / proc.int_mem_pre_reserved DESC " +
           ") AS t1 LIMIT 1";
diff --git a/cuebot/src/main/java/com/imageworks/spcue/dispatcher/HostReportHandler.java b/cuebot/src/main/java/com/imageworks/spcue/dispatcher/HostReportHandler.java
index b7d39f8dd..1c042f110 100644
--- a/cuebot/src/main/java/com/imageworks/spcue/dispatcher/HostReportHandler.java
+++ b/cuebot/src/main/java/com/imageworks/spcue/dispatcher/HostReportHandler.java
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ private VirtualProc killWorstMemoryOffender(final DispatchHost host) {
             return proc;
         }
         catch (EmptyResultDataAccessException e) {
-            logger.error(host.name + " is under OOM and no proc is running on it.");
+            logger.error(host.name + " is under OOM and no proc is memory overboard.");
             return null;
         }
     }
diff --git a/cuebot/src/main/java/com/imageworks/spcue/service/HostManager.java b/cuebot/src/main/java/com/imageworks/spcue/service/HostManager.java
index e62d8647b..ce5f861f8 100644
--- a/cuebot/src/main/java/com/imageworks/spcue/service/HostManager.java
+++ b/cuebot/src/main/java/com/imageworks/spcue/service/HostManager.java
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ void setHostStatistics(HostInterface host,
     void unbookProc(ProcInterface proc);
 
     /**
-     * Returns the proc who is most deliquent on memory allocation
+     * For a given host, return the proc using more memory above what it had initially reserved
      * @param h
      * @return
      */
diff --git a/cuebot/src/main/resources/opencue.properties b/cuebot/src/main/resources/opencue.properties
index b7f2a23ff..4dd691e07 100644
--- a/cuebot/src/main/resources/opencue.properties
+++ b/cuebot/src/main/resources/opencue.properties
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ dispatcher.booking_queue.max_pool_size=6
 dispatcher.booking_queue.queue_capacity=1000
 
 # Percentage of used memory to consider a risk for triggering oom-killer
-dispatcher.oom_max_safe_used_memory_threshold=0.95
+dispatcher.oom_max_safe_used_memory_threshold=0.98
 
 # How much can a frame exceed its reserved memory.
 #  - 0.5 means 50% above reserve
diff --git a/cuebot/src/test/java/com/imageworks/spcue/test/dao/postgres/ProcDaoTests.java b/cuebot/src/test/java/com/imageworks/spcue/test/dao/postgres/ProcDaoTests.java
index 935e311ca..7504fa751 100644
--- a/cuebot/src/test/java/com/imageworks/spcue/test/dao/postgres/ProcDaoTests.java
+++ b/cuebot/src/test/java/com/imageworks/spcue/test/dao/postgres/ProcDaoTests.java
@@ -596,7 +596,9 @@ public void testFindReservedMemoryOffender() {
 
             // Increase the memory usage as frames are added
             procDao.updateProcMemoryUsage(frame,
-                    1000*i, 1000*i, 1000*i, 1000*i, 0, 0, children);
+                    1000*i, 1000*i,
+                    Dispatcher.MEM_RESERVED_DEFAULT*i, Dispatcher.MEM_RESERVED_DEFAULT*i,
+                    0, 0, children);
             i++;
         }
 
diff --git a/cuebot/src/test/java/com/imageworks/spcue/test/dispatcher/HostReportHandlerTests.java b/cuebot/src/test/java/com/imageworks/spcue/test/dispatcher/HostReportHandlerTests.java
index 971df8d14..b610ff11c 100644
--- a/cuebot/src/test/java/com/imageworks/spcue/test/dispatcher/HostReportHandlerTests.java
+++ b/cuebot/src/test/java/com/imageworks/spcue/test/dispatcher/HostReportHandlerTests.java
@@ -548,6 +548,7 @@ public void testMemoryAggressionMemoryWarning() {
                 .setLayerId(proc1.getLayerId())
                 .setFrameId(proc1.getFrameId())
                 .setResourceId(proc1.getProcId())
+                .setVsize(CueUtil.GB2)
                 .setRss(CueUtil.GB2)
                 .setMaxRss(CueUtil.GB2)
                 .build();
@@ -558,6 +559,7 @@ public void testMemoryAggressionMemoryWarning() {
                 .setLayerId(proc2.getLayerId())
                 .setFrameId(proc2.getFrameId())
                 .setResourceId(proc2.getProcId())
+                .setVsize(CueUtil.GB4)
                 .setRss(CueUtil.GB4)
                 .setMaxRss(CueUtil.GB4)
                 .build();
@@ -569,6 +571,7 @@ public void testMemoryAggressionMemoryWarning() {
                 .setLayerId(proc3.getLayerId())
                 .setFrameId(proc3.getFrameId())
                 .setResourceId(proc3.getProcId())
+                .setVsize(memoryUsedProc3)
                 .setRss(memoryUsedProc3)
                 .setMaxRss(memoryUsedProc3)
                 .build();