diff --git a/src/command_local.cc b/src/command_local.cc
index 221db04e..cd3225f2 100644
--- a/src/command_local.cc
+++ b/src/command_local.cc
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ initialize_command_local() {
   CMD2_VAR_C_STRING("system.client_version",        PACKAGE_VERSION);
   CMD2_VAR_C_STRING("system.library_version",       torrent::version());
   CMD2_VAR_VALUE   ("system.file.allocate",         0);
-  CMD2_VAR_VALUE   ("system.file.max_size",         (int64_t)64 << 30);
+  CMD2_VAR_VALUE   ("system.file.max_size",         (int64_t)128 << 30);
   CMD2_VAR_VALUE   ("system.file.split_size",       -1);
   CMD2_VAR_STRING  ("system.file.split_suffix",     ".part");