diff --git a/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/dialog/distant_runtime.h b/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/dialog/distant_runtime.h
index 1d55d6c880..9c211e6e74 100644
--- a/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/dialog/distant_runtime.h
+++ b/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/dialog/distant_runtime.h
@@ -202,12 +202,12 @@ class Dialog::Distant_runtime::View : private Views::Element
 				return false;
 
 			if (child.has_sub_node("ram") && child.sub_node("ram").has_attribute("requested")) {
-				_ram.value *= 2;
+				_ram.value = min(2*_ram.value, 32*1024*1024u);
 				result = true;
 			}
 
 			if (child.has_sub_node("caps") && child.sub_node("caps").has_attribute("requested")) {
-				_caps.value += 100;
+				_caps.value = min(_caps.value + 100, 2000u);
 				result = true;
 			}
 
diff --git a/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/model/child_state.h b/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/model/child_state.h
index 5f593d6c08..115a94023d 100644
--- a/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/model/child_state.h
+++ b/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/model/child_state.h
@@ -106,12 +106,12 @@ struct Sculpt::Child_state : Noncopyable
 				return false;
 
 			if (child.has_sub_node("ram") && child.sub_node("ram").has_attribute("requested")) {
-				_ram_quota.value *= 2;
+				_ram_quota.value = min(_ram_quota.value*2, 256*1024*1024u);
 				result = true;
 			}
 
 			if (child.has_sub_node("caps") && child.sub_node("caps").has_attribute("requested")) {
-				_cap_quota.value += 100;
+				_cap_quota.value = min(_cap_quota.value + 100, 5000u);
 				result = true;
 			}