diff --git a/telegram-bot-api/Client.cpp b/telegram-bot-api/Client.cpp
index 92541b6..2a71ca3 100644
--- a/telegram-bot-api/Client.cpp
+++ b/telegram-bot-api/Client.cpp
@@ -5572,7 +5572,7 @@ void Client::on_update_file(object_ptr<td_api::file> file) {
   if (!is_file_being_downloaded(file_id)) {
     return;
   }
-  if ((!parameters_->local_mode_ || !parameters_->no_file_limit_) && file->local_->downloaded_size_ > MAX_DOWNLOAD_FILE_SIZE) {
+  if ((!parameters_->local_mode_ && !parameters_->no_file_limit_) && file->local_->downloaded_size_ > MAX_DOWNLOAD_FILE_SIZE) {
     if (file->local_->is_downloading_active_) {
       send_request(make_object<td_api::cancelDownloadFile>(file_id, false),
                    td::make_unique<TdOnCancelDownloadFileCallback>());
@@ -11099,7 +11099,7 @@ void Client::process_register_user_query(PromisedQueryPtr &query) {
 //end custom auth methods impl
 
 void Client::do_get_file(object_ptr<td_api::file> file, PromisedQueryPtr query) {
-  if ((!parameters_->local_mode_ || !parameters_->no_file_limit_) &&
+  if ((!parameters_->local_mode_ && !parameters_->no_file_limit_) &&
       td::max(file->expected_size_, file->local_->downloaded_size_) > MAX_DOWNLOAD_FILE_SIZE) {  // speculative check
     return fail_query(400, "Bad Request: file is too big", std::move(query));
   }
diff --git a/telegram-bot-api/ClientParameters.h b/telegram-bot-api/ClientParameters.h
index 1de2489..a0db963 100644
--- a/telegram-bot-api/ClientParameters.h
+++ b/telegram-bot-api/ClientParameters.h
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ struct ClientParameters {
   bool local_mode_ = false;
   bool allow_http_ = false;
   bool use_relative_path_ = false;
-  bool no_file_limit_ = true;
+  bool no_file_limit_ = false;
   bool allow_users_ = false;
   bool allow_users_registration_ = false;
   bool stats_hide_sensible_data_ = false;