diff --git a/ios/RNNodeJsMobile.m b/ios/RNNodeJsMobile.m
index 84b329b..00f11ef 100644
--- a/ios/RNNodeJsMobile.m
+++ b/ios/RNNodeJsMobile.m
@@ -130,9 +130,8 @@ -(void)callStartNodeProject:(NSString *)mainFileName
       selector:@selector(callStartNodeProject:)
       object:mainFileName
     ];
-    // Set 1MB of stack space for the Node.js thread,
-    // the same as the iOS application's main thread.
-    [nodejsThread setStackSize:1024*1024];
+    // Set 2MB of stack space for the Node.js thread.
+    [nodejsThread setStackSize:2*1024*1024];
     [nodejsThread start];
   }
 }