diff --git a/03_launch_mgmt_cluster.sh b/03_launch_mgmt_cluster.sh
index e0efce5ea..0511d6e65 100755
--- a/03_launch_mgmt_cluster.sh
+++ b/03_launch_mgmt_cluster.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ CAPBMREPO="${CAPBMREPO:-https://github.com/metal3-io/cluster-api-provider-bareme
 
 if [ "${V1ALPHA2_SWITCH}" == true ]; then
   CAPBMBRANCH="${CAPBMBRANCH:-v1alpha2}"
-else 
+else
   CAPBMBRANCH="${CAPBMBRANCH:-master}"
 fi
 
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ function apply_bm_hosts() {
 #
 function launch_cluster_api_provider_baremetal() {
     pushd "${CAPBMPATH}"
-    
+
     if [ "${CAPBM_RUN_LOCAL}" == true ]; then
       touch capbm.out.log
       touch capbm.err.log
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ function launch_cluster_api_provider_baremetal() {
     else
       make deploy
     fi
-    popd 
+    popd
 }
 
 clone_repos
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ if [ "${V1ALPHA2_SWITCH}" == true ]; then
 fi
 
 init_minikube
-sudo su -l -c 'minikube start' "${USER}"
+sudo su -l -c 'minikube start --docker-opt="default-ulimit=nofile=102400:102400"' "${USER}"
 sudo su -l -c 'minikube ssh sudo ip addr add 172.22.0.2/24 dev eth2' "${USER}"
 launch_baremetal_operator
 apply_bm_hosts
diff --git a/lib/common.sh b/lib/common.sh
index 73a50a527..548bb9f1d 100644
--- a/lib/common.sh
+++ b/lib/common.sh
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ differs(){
 function init_minikube() {
     #If the vm exists, it has already been initialized
     if [[ "$(sudo virsh list --all)" != *"minikube"* ]]; then
-      sudo su -l -c "minikube start --insecure-registry 192.168.111.1:5000" "$USER"
+      sudo su -l -c 'minikube start --insecure-registry 192.168.111.1:5000 --docker-opt="default-ulimit=nofile=102400:102400"' "$USER"
       # Pre-pull the image to reduce pod initialization time
       for IMAGE_VAR in IRONIC_IMAGE IPA_DOWNLOADER_IMAGE IRONIC_INSPECTOR_IMAGE BAREMETAL_OPERATOR_IMAGE; do
         IMAGE=${!IMAGE_VAR}