diff --git a/cmd/calendarsync/main.go b/cmd/calendarsync/main.go
index 7275768..3cb4ac6 100644
--- a/cmd/calendarsync/main.go
+++ b/cmd/calendarsync/main.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"runtime"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/inovex/CalendarSync/internal/auth"
@@ -180,6 +181,12 @@ func Run(c *cli.Context) error {
 	}
 	log.Info("loaded sink adapter", "adapter", cfg.Sink.Adapter.Type, "calendar", cfg.Sink.Adapter.Calendar)
 
+	// By default go runs a garbage collection once the memory usage doubles compared to the last GC run.
+	// Decrypting the storage in NewSourceAdapterFromConfig/NewSinkAdapterFromConfig requires a lot of memory,
+	// such that the next GC only trigger once the memory usage double compared to that peak. Explicitly trigger
+	// a GC to reset the memory usage reference level.
+	runtime.GC()
+
 	if log.GetLevel() == log.DebugLevel {
 		for _, transformation := range cfg.Transformations {
 			log.Debug("configured transformer", "name", transformation.Name, "config", transformation.Config)