diff --git a/bin/dwpage.php b/bin/dwpage.php
index f27a67c4ca1e1e6e4ad333ed3b6acb029d0e36d0..f664770bfabdf733ad9547b19918bb3b20ee78d6 100755
--- a/bin/dwpage.php
+++ b/bin/dwpage.php
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-#!/usr/bin/php -d short_open_tag=on
+#!/usr/bin/php
 <?php
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 if ('cli' != php_sapi_name()) die();
 
+ini_set('memory_limit','128M');
 if(!defined('DOKU_INC')) define('DOKU_INC',realpath(dirname(__FILE__).'/../').'/');
 require_once DOKU_INC.'inc/init.php';
 require_once DOKU_INC.'inc/common.php';
diff --git a/bin/indexer.php b/bin/indexer.php
index 77ff5ef854f14ff6f68b30fa3be0790c3ccfbd01..55f3608d59ec502bc9fb2f4698dea8cf2d03293e 100755
--- a/bin/indexer.php
+++ b/bin/indexer.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 <?php
 if ('cli' != php_sapi_name()) die();
 
+ini_set('memory_limit','128M');
 if(!defined('DOKU_INC')) define('DOKU_INC',realpath(dirname(__FILE__).'/../').'/');
 require_once(DOKU_INC.'inc/init.php');
 require_once(DOKU_INC.'inc/common.php');
diff --git a/bin/wantedpages.php b/bin/wantedpages.php
index aa0e1818d2a5e457466117c895bf1b6dc4117f2d..c8b7153b26798ffeab9f9100e73cb55b6b46bdd3 100755
--- a/bin/wantedpages.php
+++ b/bin/wantedpages.php
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/php -d short_open_tag=on
+#!/usr/bin/php
 <?php
 if ('cli' != php_sapi_name()) die();