diff --git a/core/build.gradle b/core/build.gradle
index a72b45b44..98b86510a 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle
+++ b/core/build.gradle
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ android {
 
     buildTypes {
         release {
+            shrinkResources true
             minifyEnabled true
             proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
         }
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 6ef41826c..635745af9 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 org.gradle.daemon=true
-org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xms128m -Xmx1024m
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xms128m -Xmx2g
 org.gradle.configureondemand=true