diff --git a/source/de/anomic/crawler/HTTPLoader.java b/source/de/anomic/crawler/HTTPLoader.java
index fdf506e79..cb083537e 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/crawler/HTTPLoader.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/crawler/HTTPLoader.java
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ public final class HTTPLoader {
                     /*
                     // check if the content length is allowed
                     long contentLength = res.getResponseHeader().getContentLength();
-                    if (maxFileSize >= 0 && contentLength > maxFileSize) {
+                    if (maxFileSize > 0 && contentLength > maxFileSize) {
                     	sb.crawlQueues.errorURL.newEntry(entry, sb.peers.mySeed().hash, new Date(), 1, "file size limit exceeded");                    
                     	throw new IOException("REJECTED URL " + entry.url() + " because file size '" + contentLength + "' exceeds max filesize limit of " + maxFileSize + " bytes. (HEAD)");
                     }
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ public final class HTTPLoader {
                     long contentLength = responseBody.length;
 
                     // check length again in case it was not possible to get the length before loading
-                    if (maxFileSize >= 0 && contentLength > maxFileSize) {
+                    if (maxFileSize > 0 && contentLength > maxFileSize) {
                     	sb.crawlQueues.errorURL.newEntry(entry, sb.peers.mySeed().hash, new Date(), 1, "file size limit exceeded");                    
                     	throw new IOException("REJECTED URL " + entry.url() + " because file size '" + contentLength + "' exceeds max filesize limit of " + maxFileSize + " bytes. (GET)");
                     }
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/http/httpClientGetMethod.java b/source/de/anomic/http/httpClientGetMethod.java
index 56e55c316..55f821a3c 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/http/httpClientGetMethod.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/http/httpClientGetMethod.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public class httpClientGetMethod extends GetMethod {
 	
 	public httpClientGetMethod(String uri, long maxfilesize) {
 		super(uri);
-		this.maxfilesize = maxfilesize;
+		if (maxfilesize > 0) this.maxfilesize = maxfilesize;
 	}
 	
 	@Override