diff --git a/config/noobs/partitions.json b/config/noobs/partitions.json
index b12573b3a9..95e0deb71d 100644
--- a/config/noobs/partitions.json
+++ b/config/noobs/partitions.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     {
       "label":                     "@DISTRONAME@_@PROJECT@_System",
       "filesystem_type":           "FAT",
-      "partition_size_nominal":    256,
+      "partition_size_nominal":    512,
       "want_maximised":            false,
       "uncompressed_tarball_size": 120,
       "mkfs_options":              ""
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     {
       "label":                     "@DISTRONAME@_@PROJECT@_Storage",
       "filesystem_type":           "ext4",
-      "partition_size_nominal":    744,
+      "partition_size_nominal":    512,
       "want_maximised":            true,
       "uncompressed_tarball_size": 10,
       "mkfs_options":              ""