diff --git a/src/bittorrent.cpp b/src/bittorrent.cpp
index 038c2ff76..7e69d5a74 100644
--- a/src/bittorrent.cpp
+++ b/src/bittorrent.cpp
@@ -166,11 +166,23 @@ bool bittorrent::isQueueingEnabled() const {
 }
 
 void bittorrent::setMaxActiveDownloads(int val) {
-  maxActiveDownloads = val;
+  if(val != maxActiveDownloads) {
+    maxActiveDownloads = val;
+    if(queueingEnabled) {
+      updateDownloadQueue();
+      updateUploadQueue();
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 void bittorrent::setMaxActiveTorrents(int val) {
-  maxActiveTorrents = val;
+  if(val != maxActiveTorrents) {
+    maxActiveTorrents = val;
+    if(queueingEnabled) {
+      updateDownloadQueue();
+      updateUploadQueue();
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 void bittorrent::increaseDlTorrentPriority(QString hash) {
@@ -262,6 +274,14 @@ void bittorrent::setUploadLimit(QString hash, long val) {
   saveTorrentSpeedLimits(hash);
 }
 
+int bittorrent::getMaximumActiveDownloads() const {
+  return maxActiveDownloads;
+}
+
+int bittorrent::getMaximumActiveTorrents() const {
+  return maxActiveTorrents;
+}
+
 void bittorrent::handleDownloadFailure(QString url, QString reason) {
   emit downloadFromUrlFailure(url, reason);
 }
diff --git a/src/bittorrent.h b/src/bittorrent.h
index 2b0c59d57..9ae290190 100644
--- a/src/bittorrent.h
+++ b/src/bittorrent.h
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ class bittorrent : public QObject{
     bool isQueueingEnabled() const;
     int getDlTorrentPriority(QString hash) const;
     int getUpTorrentPriority(QString hash) const;
+    int getMaximumActiveDownloads() const;
+    int getMaximumActiveTorrents() const;
     bool isDownloadQueued(QString hash) const;
     bool isUploadQueued(QString hash) const;
     int loadTorrentPriority(QString hash);