diff --git a/Berksfile.lock b/Berksfile.lock
index 75424cd..c478637 100644
--- a/Berksfile.lock
+++ b/Berksfile.lock
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   hostsfile (= 2.4.5)
   ipfs
     git: https://github.com/67P/ipfs-cookbook.git
-    revision: 3d4e9cceeaf89d30ca1b063e26a51905e8ddfd6b
+    revision: 1d09c151083beecb9c606805b1cb135c2619e7c5
     ref: master
   logrotate (= 2.2.0)
   mariadb (= 0.3.1)
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ GRAPH
   hostname (0.4.2)
     hostsfile (>= 0.0.0)
   hostsfile (2.4.5)
-  ipfs (0.3.0)
+  ipfs (0.4.0)
     ark (>= 0.0.0)
   logrotate (2.2.0)
   mariadb (0.3.1)
diff --git a/nodes/andromeda.kosmos.org.json b/nodes/andromeda.kosmos.org.json
index 83d170a..4b282f8 100644
--- a/nodes/andromeda.kosmos.org.json
+++ b/nodes/andromeda.kosmos.org.json
@@ -10,6 +10,19 @@
     "role[mastodon]",
     "role[ejabberd]"
   ],
+  "normal": {
+    "kosmos-ipfs": {
+      "ipfs": {
+        "config": {
+          "Swarm.ConnMgr.LowWater": 100,
+          "Swarm.ConnMgr.HighWater": 300
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "ipfs": {
+      "memory_max": "1G"
+    }
+  },
   "automatic": {
     "ipaddress": "andromeda.kosmos.org"
   }
diff --git a/nodes/barnard.kosmos.org.json b/nodes/barnard.kosmos.org.json
index 049d4b9..7af665b 100644
--- a/nodes/barnard.kosmos.org.json
+++ b/nodes/barnard.kosmos.org.json
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
     "sockethub",
     "sockethub::proxy"
   ],
+  "normal": {
+    "ipfs": {
+      "memory_max": "256M"
+    }
+  },
   "automatic": {
     "ipaddress": "barnard.kosmos.org"
   }
diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-ipfs/attributes/default.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-ipfs/attributes/default.rb
index 3e0f7c7..bce7a81 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-ipfs/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-ipfs/attributes/default.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
-# FIXME api_port should come from the ipfs cookbook/attributes
-# It has nothing to do with nginx
+node.default['kosmos-ipfs']['ipfs']['config'] = {
+  # The default gateway is already used by kosmos' hubot (8080)
+  "Addresses.Gateway" => "/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/9090",
+  # Do not keep track of bandwidth metrics. Disabling bandwidth metrics can
+  # lead to a slight performance improvement, as well as a reduction in memory
+  # usage.
+  'Swarm.DisableBandwidthMetrics' => true,
+  # Disable the p2p-circuit relay transport
+  'Swarm.DisableRelay' => true,
+  # Number of connections that, when exceeded, will trigger a connection GC
+  # operation
+  'Swarm.ConnMgr.HighWater' => 40,
+  # Minimum number of connections to maintain
+  'Swarm.ConnMgr.LowWater' => 20
+}
+
 node.default['kosmos-ipfs']['nginx']['api_port'] = 5001
 node.default['kosmos-ipfs']['nginx']['gateway_port'] = 9090
 node.default['kosmos-ipfs']['nginx']['external_api_port'] = 5444
diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-ipfs/metadata.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-ipfs/metadata.rb
index 0803761..d84c988 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-ipfs/metadata.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-ipfs/metadata.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ maintainer_email 'mail@kosmos.org'
 license          'MIT'
 description      'Installs/Configures kosmos-ipfs'
 long_description IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'README.md'))
-version          '0.1.3'
+version          '0.2.0'
 
 depends 'ipfs'
 depends 'kosmos-base'
diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-ipfs/recipes/default.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-ipfs/recipes/default.rb
index 8ffa9ed..202faf4 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-ipfs/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-ipfs/recipes/default.rb
@@ -24,32 +24,13 @@
 # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
 # THE SOFTWARE.
 
-node.override['ipfs']['version'] = '0.4.21'
-node.override['ipfs']['checksum'] = 'a7ec5ddc4d52f818cbf3853a80f7ec17f9fde9128f039485dbe1889cf673d562'
 include_recipe "ipfs"
 include_recipe "kosmos-ipfs::kredits_pinner"
 
-# Configure ipfs
-
-# The default gateway is already used by kosmos' hubot (8080)
-ipfs_config "Addresses.Gateway" do
-  value "/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/9090"
-end
-
-# Set up the Gateway to be writable
-ipfs_config "Gateway.Writable" do
-  value true
-end
-
-# Set up CORS headers
-ipfs_config "API.HTTPHeaders.Access-Control-Allow-Credentials" do
-  value ["true"]
-end
-ipfs_config "API.HTTPHeaders.Access-Control-Allow-Methods" do
-  value ["PUT", "GET", "POST"]
-end
-ipfs_config "API.HTTPHeaders.Access-Control-Allow-Origin" do
-  value ["*"]
+node['kosmos-ipfs']['ipfs']['config'].each do |k, v|
+  ipfs_config k do
+    value v
+  end
 end
 
 unless node.chef_environment == "development"