diff --git a/sample/manifest.yml b/sample/manifest.yml
index 974e70c..1134460 100644
--- a/sample/manifest.yml
+++ b/sample/manifest.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ applications:
 #
 - name: logging-sample-app
   instances: 1
+  buildpack: sap_java_buildpack
+  memory: 256M
   path: target/logging-sample-app-3.7.0.war
   env:
     RANDOM_SLEEP: true
@@ -12,3 +14,7 @@ applications:
     LOG_SENSITIVE_CONNECTION_DATA: false
     LOG_REMOTE_USER: false
     LOG_REFERER: false
+    # Some defaults in the SAP Java buildpack much higher than what this app needs.
+    # The values below have been devised empirically
+    # Default: '-XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=240M -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=141152K -Xss1M'
+    JAVA_OPTS: '-XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=40M -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=28M -Xss256K'