diff --git a/robo b/robo
index d6af8df..0b3be08 100755
--- a/robo
+++ b/robo
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 base=`dirname "$0"`
 roboCommand="$1"
-
 shift
+
+ulimit -n 2048
 if [ "$1" = "clean" ]; then
     "$base/vendor/bin/robo" "$roboCommand" $*
 else