# Do Ignition 8 clients require JVM argument to use G1GC?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/do-ignition-8-clients-require-jvm-argument-to-use-g1gc/25651>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80\
**Created:** [June 7, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/do-ignition-8-clients-require-jvm-argument-to-use-g1gc/25651 "2019-06-07T18:53:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![witman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d2c977/32.png) [@witman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/witman)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/do-ignition-8-clients-require-jvm-argument-to-use-g1gc/25651/1 "2019-06-07T18:53:32Z")

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Is it safe to assume Ignition 8 clients will use G1GC by default, or is there still a reason to add JVM argument `jvm-args="-XX:+UseG1GC"` to client launcher shortcuts?

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/do-ignition-8-clients-require-jvm-argument-to-use-g1gc/25651/2 "2019-06-07T18:55:45Z")

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It’s not necessary, it should be the default collector in Java 11.