diff --git a/api/server/runner.go b/api/server/runner.go
index 439abdf30..baeaf3987 100644
--- a/api/server/runner.go
+++ b/api/server/runner.go
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ func (s *Server) serve(ctx context.Context, c *gin.Context, appName string, rout
 	baseVars["FN_FORMAT"] = route.Format
 	baseVars["APP_NAME"] = appName
 	baseVars["ROUTE"] = route.Path
-	baseVars["MEMORY_MB"] = fmt.Sprintf("%d", route.Memory)
+	// TODO add this back after #193 #195 (fix async RAM)
+	// baseVars["MEMORY_MB"] = fmt.Sprintf("%d", route.Memory)
 
 	// app config
 	for k, v := range app.Config {
diff --git a/cli/routes.go b/cli/routes.go
index 9a713fb5e..0b1612956 100644
--- a/cli/routes.go
+++ b/cli/routes.go
@@ -263,6 +263,10 @@ func routeWithFuncFile(c *cli.Context, ff *funcfile, rt *fnmodels.Route) error {
 	if rt.Type == "" && ff.Type != nil && *ff.Type != "" {
 		rt.Type = *ff.Type
 	}
+	if ff.Memory != nil {
+		rt.Memory = *ff.Memory
+	}
+	// TODO idle_timeout? headers? config? why is a func file not a yaml unmarshal of a route?
 
 	return nil
 }