diff --git a/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp b/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
index 8759e3501..c0587686d 100644
--- a/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
+++ b/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ Session::Session(QObject *parent)
     , m_isTrackerFilteringEnabled(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY("TrackerFilteringEnabled"), false)
     , m_IPFilterFile(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY("IPFilter"))
     , m_announceToAllTrackers(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY("AnnounceToAllTrackers"), true)
-    , m_diskCacheSize(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY("DiskCacheSize"), 0)
+    , m_diskCacheSize(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY("DiskCacheSize"), 64)
     , m_diskCacheTTL(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY("DiskCacheTTL"), 60)
     , m_useOSCache(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY("UseOSCache"), true)
     , m_guidedReadCacheEnabled(BITTORRENT_SESSION_KEY("GuidedReadCache"), true)