diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 010fa00..dbee28f 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ services:
       - ALL
     # Sometimes nodes never fully stop on SIGTERM
     stop_signal: SIGKILL
+    # Improve performance with lerobot dataset conversions
+    shm_size: 5g
     <<:
       - *common-config