diff --git a/infra/ec2-userdata.sh b/infra/ec2-userdata.sh
index 510c342..ed0ed13 100755
--- a/infra/ec2-userdata.sh
+++ b/infra/ec2-userdata.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,19 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 echo "=== EveryTab EC2 Bootstrap ==="
 
+# --- Swap ---
+echo "--- Creating swap file ---"
+if [ ! -f /swapfile ]; then
+    sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=4096
+    sudo chmod 600 /swapfile
+    sudo mkswap /swapfile
+    sudo swapon /swapfile
+    echo '/swapfile swap swap defaults 0 0' | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab
+    echo "Created 4GB swap"
+else
+    echo "Swap already exists"
+fi
+
 # --- System packages ---
 echo "--- Installing system packages ---"
 sudo dnf update -y
@@ -31,7 +44,7 @@ go version
 
 # --- DuckDB ---
 echo "--- Installing DuckDB ---"
-DUCKDB_VERSION="1.1.0"
+DUCKDB_VERSION="1.5.2"
 if ! command -v duckdb &>/dev/null; then
     curl -fsSL "https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/download/v${DUCKDB_VERSION}/duckdb_cli-linux-amd64.zip" -o /tmp/duckdb.zip
     cd /tmp && unzip -o duckdb.zip && sudo mv duckdb /usr/local/bin/ && cd -