diff --git a/contrib/i2pd.service b/contrib/i2pd.service
index 45fe4cc6..79bf15c8 100644
--- a/contrib/i2pd.service
+++ b/contrib/i2pd.service
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ SendSIGKILL=yes
 #TimeoutStopSec=10m
 
 # If you have problems with hanging i2pd, you can try increase this
-LimitNOFILE=4096
+LimitNOFILE=8192
 # To enable write of coredump uncomment this
 #LimitCORE=infinity
 
diff --git a/debian/i2pd.default b/debian/i2pd.default
index bd1d073f..90392ede 100644
--- a/debian/i2pd.default
+++ b/debian/i2pd.default
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ I2PD_ENABLED="yes"
 DAEMON_OPTS=""
 
 # If you have problems with hunging i2pd, you can try enable this
-ulimit -n 4096
+ulimit -n 8192