diff --git a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/monitoring/JMXMemoryMonitor.java b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/monitoring/JMXMemoryMonitor.java
index 14e1a4e2156050ecc20f8283fce29b134840eef9..0a5e6ce0f2a38a67e3a66bfe4182400313f8eb35 100644
--- a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/monitoring/JMXMemoryMonitor.java
+++ b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/monitoring/JMXMemoryMonitor.java
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ public class JMXMemoryMonitor
     {
         this.logIntervalMillis = logIntervallMillis;
         this.memoryHighwaterMarkPercent = memoryHighWatermarkPercent;
+        machineLog.info("Maximum heap size: " + Runtime.getRuntime().maxMemory());
     }
 
     private int percentageUsed(MemoryUsage usage)