diff --git a/weed/command/server.go b/weed/command/server.go
index d06b1d40a..4a9c2411a 100644
--- a/weed/command/server.go
+++ b/weed/command/server.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func init() {
 	serverOptions.v.fixJpgOrientation = cmdServer.Flag.Bool("volume.images.fix.orientation", false, "Adjust jpg orientation when uploading.")
 	serverOptions.v.readRedirect = cmdServer.Flag.Bool("volume.read.redirect", true, "Redirect moved or non-local volumes.")
 	serverOptions.v.compactionMBPerSecond = cmdServer.Flag.Int("volume.compactionMBps", 0, "limit compaction speed in mega bytes per second")
-	serverOptions.v.fileSizeLimitMB = cmdServer.Flag.Int("volume.fileSizeLimitMB", 1024, "limit file size to avoid out of memory")
+	serverOptions.v.fileSizeLimitMB = cmdServer.Flag.Int("volume.fileSizeLimitMB", 256, "limit file size to avoid out of memory")
 	serverOptions.v.publicUrl = cmdServer.Flag.String("volume.publicUrl", "", "publicly accessible address")
 	serverOptions.v.preStopSeconds = cmdServer.Flag.Int("volume.preStopSeconds", 10, "number of seconds between stop send heartbeats and stop volume server")
 	serverOptions.v.pprof = cmdServer.Flag.Bool("volume.pprof", false, "enable pprof http handlers. precludes --memprofile and --cpuprofile")
diff --git a/weed/command/volume.go b/weed/command/volume.go
index d73c24ed1..ce5992665 100644
--- a/weed/command/volume.go
+++ b/weed/command/volume.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func init() {
 	v.cpuProfile = cmdVolume.Flag.String("cpuprofile", "", "cpu profile output file")
 	v.memProfile = cmdVolume.Flag.String("memprofile", "", "memory profile output file")
 	v.compactionMBPerSecond = cmdVolume.Flag.Int("compactionMBps", 0, "limit background compaction or copying speed in mega bytes per second")
-	v.fileSizeLimitMB = cmdVolume.Flag.Int("fileSizeLimitMB", 1024, "limit file size to avoid out of memory")
+	v.fileSizeLimitMB = cmdVolume.Flag.Int("fileSizeLimitMB", 256, "limit file size to avoid out of memory")
 	v.pprof = cmdVolume.Flag.Bool("pprof", false, "enable pprof http handlers. precludes --memprofile and --cpuprofile")
 	v.metricsHttpPort = cmdVolume.Flag.Int("metricsPort", 0, "Prometheus metrics listen port")
 }