diff --git a/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp b/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
index 2f7ee03b2..b41683d0e 100644
--- a/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
+++ b/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
@@ -477,9 +477,9 @@ Session::Session(QObject *parent)
     , m_stopTrackerTimeout(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY("StopTrackerTimeout"), 1)
 #endif
     , m_maxConnections(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY("MaxConnections"), 500, lowerLimited(0, -1))
-    , m_maxUploads(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY("MaxUploads"), -1, lowerLimited(0, -1))
+    , m_maxUploads(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY("MaxUploads"), 20, lowerLimited(0, -1))
     , m_maxConnectionsPerTorrent(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY("MaxConnectionsPerTorrent"), 100, lowerLimited(0, -1))
-    , m_maxUploadsPerTorrent(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY("MaxUploadsPerTorrent"), -1, lowerLimited(0, -1))
+    , m_maxUploadsPerTorrent(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY("MaxUploadsPerTorrent"), 4, lowerLimited(0, -1))
     , m_btProtocol(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY("BTProtocol"), BTProtocol::Both
         , clampValue(BTProtocol::Both, BTProtocol::UTP))
     , m_isUTPRateLimited(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY("uTPRateLimited"), true)