diff --git a/plugins/default/lib/memory_usage.py b/plugins/default/lib/memory_usage.py
index e096ac9..65204ee 100755
--- a/plugins/default/lib/memory_usage.py
+++ b/plugins/default/lib/memory_usage.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import sys
 import traceback
 from collections import Counter
+import re
 
 import openshift
 import nagios
@@ -28,10 +29,37 @@ def generate_parser():
     return parser
 
 
-check_memory_usage_cmd = ("cat", "/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/memory.usage_in_bytes")
+check_memory_usage_cmd = ("cat", "/proc/meminfo")
+check_jvm_max_heap_cmd = ("java", "-XX:+PrintFlagsFinal", "-version")
 check_memory_limit_cmd = ("cat", "/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/memory.limit_in_bytes")
 
 
+def jvm_data(data, key):
+    return re.findall(r'\s+[a-zA-Z]+\s%s\s+\:?\=\s([0-9]+)\s+\{[a-zA-Z\s?]+\}\n' % key, data)[0]
+
+
+def get_meminfo_data(field, output):
+    data = None
+    try:
+        data = int(re.findall(r"%s\:\s+([0-9]+)\skB\n" % data, output)[0])
+    except IndexError:
+        data = None
+    finally:
+        return data
+
+
+def heap_thread_size(pid=1, thread_size=1024):
+    folder = '/proc/%s/task' % pid
+    total_tasks = len([task for task in os.listdir(folder) if task.isdigit()])
+    return total_tasks * thread_size
+
+
+def get_memused(data, jvm_data):
+    initial =  int(jvm_data(jvm_data, 'InitialHeapSize'))
+    single_thread_size = int(jvm_data(info, 'ThreadStackSize'))
+    return initial + heap_thread_size(2727, thread_size=single_thread_size)
+
+
 def analize(pod, container, memory_limit, memory_used, warning_threshold, critical_threshold):
     results = []
     usage = (float(memory_used) / float(memory_limit)) * 100
@@ -103,6 +131,9 @@ def check(warn, crit, project):
         try:
             memory_usage = openshift.exec_in_pod_container(
                 project, pod_name, container_name, check_memory_usage_cmd)
+            jvm_heap = openshift.exec_in_pod_container(
+                project, pod_name, container_name, check_jvm_max_heap_cmd)
+            memory_usage = get_memused(memory_usage, jvm_heap)
             if memory_limit:
                 memory_limit = openshift.exec_in_pod_container(
                     project, pod_name, container_name, check_memory_limit_cmd)