diff --git a/src/core/http_queue.cc b/src/core/http_queue.cc
index 80a0b0d9..42a7516f 100644
--- a/src/core/http_queue.cc
+++ b/src/core/http_queue.cc
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ HttpQueue::iterator
 HttpQueue::insert(const std::string& url, std::shared_ptr<std::ostream> stream) {
   auto itr = base_type::insert(end(), torrent::net::HttpGet(url, stream));
 
+  itr->set_max_file_size(15 << 20);
+  itr->set_redirect_only_http_https();
+
   for (auto& slot : m_signal_insert)
     slot(*itr);