diff --git a/include/libtorrent/session_settings.hpp b/include/libtorrent/session_settings.hpp
index 1b9ee7873..c19f0b2bb 100644
--- a/include/libtorrent/session_settings.hpp
+++ b/include/libtorrent/session_settings.hpp
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 			, upnp_ignore_nonrouters(true)
  			, send_buffer_watermark(80 * 1024)
 			, auto_upload_slots(true)
-			, cache_size(128)
+			, cache_size(512)
 		{}
 
 		// this is the user agent that will be sent to the tracker
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		bool auto_upload_slots;
 
 		// the disk write cache, specified in 16 KiB blocks.
-		// defaul is 128 (= 2 MB)
+		// defaul is 512 (= 8 MB)
 		int cache_size;
 	};
 	
diff --git a/src/disk_io_thread.cpp b/src/disk_io_thread.cpp
index 7c9a8cacb..4638410e1 100644
--- a/src/disk_io_thread.cpp
+++ b/src/disk_io_thread.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		: m_abort(false)
 		, m_queue_buffer_size(0)
 		, m_num_cached_blocks(0)
-		, m_cache_size(128) // 128 * 16kB = 2MB
+		, m_cache_size(512) // 512 * 16kB = 8MB
 		, m_pool(block_size)
 #ifndef NDEBUG
 		, m_block_size(block_size)