diff --git a/storage/config.go b/storage/config.go
index 518202e..a44c150 100644
--- a/storage/config.go
+++ b/storage/config.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ var (
 	defaultConfig = &Config{
 		Type: TypeS3,
 		Limits: LimitsConfig{
-			GetLimitMegabytes: 0,
+			GetLimitMegabytes: 2,
 		},
 		Connection: ConnectionConfig{
 			Region:   "us-east-1",
diff --git a/storage/stow_store_test.go b/storage/stow_store_test.go
index bec30aa..87025ed 100644
--- a/storage/stow_store_test.go
+++ b/storage/stow_store_test.go
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ func TestStowStore_ReadRaw(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("Exceeds limit", func(t *testing.T) {
 		testScope := promutils.NewTestScope()
 		fn := fQNFn["s3"]
-		GetConfig().Limits.GetLimitMegabytes = 2
 
 		s, err := NewStowRawStore(fn(container), &mockStowLoc{
 			ContainerCb: func(id string) (stow.Container, error) {