diff --git a/examples/app.yaml b/examples/app.yaml
index f9418f1e..42d2620c 100644
--- a/examples/app.yaml
+++ b/examples/app.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ spec:
   executor:
     instances: 2
     cores: 1
-    coreLimit: 400m
+    coreLimit: 200m
   labels:
     foo: bar
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/radanalytics/operator/app/KubernetesAppDeployer.java b/src/main/java/io/radanalytics/operator/app/KubernetesAppDeployer.java
index 797a9335..bb0b9b72 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/radanalytics/operator/app/KubernetesAppDeployer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/radanalytics/operator/app/KubernetesAppDeployer.java
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ private ReplicationController getSubmitterRc(SparkApplication app, String namesp
         command.append(" --conf spark.kubernetes.submission.waitAppCompletion=false");
         command.append(" --conf spark.driver.cores=").append(driver.getCores());
         command.append(" --conf spark.kubernetes.driver.limit.cores=").append(driver.getCoreLimit());
+        command.append(" --conf spark.kubernetes.executor.limit.cores=").append(executor.getCoreLimit());
         command.append(" --conf spark.driver.memory=").append(driver.getMemory());
         if (driver.getMemoryOverhead() != null) {
             command.append(" --conf spark.driver.memoryOverhead=").append(driver.getMemoryOverhead());