diff --git a/scripts/system-setup.sh b/scripts/system-setup.sh
index 0abf744..8043ea9 100644
--- a/scripts/system-setup.sh
+++ b/scripts/system-setup.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ echo "Copying templates to home folder..."
 cp -rfv "$TEMPLATE_PATH/." "$HOME"
 echo "Synchronising packages..."
 sudo pacman -Syyu
+echo "Creating swap partition..." 
+sudo fallocate -l 16G /swapfile
+sudo chmod 600 /swapfile
+sudo mkswap /swapfile
+sudo swapon /swapfile
+sudo echo "/swapfile none swap defaults 0 0">/etc/fstab
 echo "Synchronizing programing language interpreters..."
 sudo pacman --needed -S jdk11-openjdk python php
 echo "Synchronizing compression tools..."