diff --git a/src/irc/dcc/dcc-autoget.c b/src/irc/dcc/dcc-autoget.c
index bf9a3b66..1d4dd9ab 100644
--- a/src/irc/dcc/dcc-autoget.c
+++ b/src/irc/dcc/dcc-autoget.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ void dcc_autoget_init(void)
 	settings_add_bool("dcc", "dcc_autoget", FALSE);
 	settings_add_bool("dcc", "dcc_autoaccept_lowports", FALSE);
 	settings_add_bool("dcc", "dcc_autoresume", FALSE);
-	settings_add_size("dcc", "dcc_autoget_max_size", 0);
+	settings_add_size("dcc", "dcc_autoget_max_size", "0k");
 	settings_add_str("dcc", "dcc_autoget_masks", "");
 
 	signal_add_last("dcc request", (SIGNAL_FUNC) sig_dcc_request);