diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/de/fabianonline/telegram_backup/CommandLineDownloadProgress.kt b/src/main/kotlin/de/fabianonline/telegram_backup/CommandLineDownloadProgress.kt
index 90824cd..1085c16 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/de/fabianonline/telegram_backup/CommandLineDownloadProgress.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/de/fabianonline/telegram_backup/CommandLineDownloadProgress.kt
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ internal class CommandLineDownloadProgress : DownloadProgressInterface {
 		println("'S' - Sticker       'A' - Audio         'G' - Geolocation")
 		println("'.' - Previously downloaded file        'e' - Empty file")
 		println("' ' - Ignored media type (weblinks or contacts, for example)")
-		println("'x' - File skipped because of errors - will be tried again at next run")
-		println("'_' - Message is older than max_file_age")
+		println("'x' - File skipped (because of max_file_age or max_file_size)")
+		println("'!' - Download failed. Will be tried again at next run.")
 		println("" + count + " Files to check / download")
 	}
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ internal class CommandLineDownloadProgress : DownloadProgressInterface {
 		println("Done.")
 	}
 	
-	override fun onMediaTooOld() = show("_")
+	override fun onMediaFailed() = show("!")
 
 	private fun show(letter: String) {
 		print(letter)
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/de/fabianonline/telegram_backup/DownloadManager.kt b/src/main/kotlin/de/fabianonline/telegram_backup/DownloadManager.kt
index f17c78e..c52a656 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/de/fabianonline/telegram_backup/DownloadManager.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/de/fabianonline/telegram_backup/DownloadManager.kt
@@ -256,18 +256,20 @@ class DownloadManager(val client: TelegramClient, val prog: DownloadProgressInte
 				} else if (m.downloaded) {
 					prog.onMediaAlreadyPresent(m)
 				} else if (settings.max_file_age>0 && (System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000) - msg.date > settings.max_file_age * 24 * 60 * 60) {
-					prog.onMediaTooOld()
+					prog.onMediaSkipped()
+				} else if (settings.max_file_size>0 && settings.max_file_size*1024*1024 > m.size) {
+					prog.onMediaSkipped()
 				} else {
 					try {
 						val result = m.download()
 						if (result) {
 							prog.onMediaDownloaded(m)
 						} else {
-							prog.onMediaSkipped()
+							prog.onMediaFailed()
 						}
 					} catch (e: TimeoutException) {
 						// do nothing - skip this file
-						prog.onMediaSkipped()
+						prog.onMediaFailed()
 					}
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/de/fabianonline/telegram_backup/DownloadProgressInterface.kt b/src/main/kotlin/de/fabianonline/telegram_backup/DownloadProgressInterface.kt
index 6829831..348781c 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/de/fabianonline/telegram_backup/DownloadProgressInterface.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/de/fabianonline/telegram_backup/DownloadProgressInterface.kt
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@ interface DownloadProgressInterface {
 	fun onMediaSkipped()
 	fun onMediaAlreadyPresent(file_manager: AbstractMediaFileManager)
 	fun onMediaDownloadFinished()
-	fun onMediaTooOld()
+	fun onMediaFailed()
 }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/de/fabianonline/telegram_backup/Settings.kt b/src/main/kotlin/de/fabianonline/telegram_backup/Settings.kt
index c882301..1826b6f 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/de/fabianonline/telegram_backup/Settings.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/de/fabianonline/telegram_backup/Settings.kt
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ class Settings(val file_base: String, val database: Database, val cli_settings:
 	val whitelist_channels = sf.getStringList("whitelist_channels", default=LinkedList<String>())
 	val blacklist_channels = sf.getStringList("blacklist_channels", default=LinkedList<String>())
 	val max_file_age = sf.getInt("max_file_age", default=-1)
+	val max_file_size = sf.getInt("max_file_size", default=-1)
 
 	private fun get_setting_list(name: String): List<String>? {
 		return ini_settings[name]
diff --git a/src/main/resources/config.sample.ini b/src/main/resources/config.sample.ini
index 1a4d88e..ca08d31 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/config.sample.ini
+++ b/src/main/resources/config.sample.ini
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
 ## Leave unset to download all media files.
 # max_file_age = 7
 
+## Only download media files that are smaller than x MB.
+## Leave unset to download media files regardless of their size.
+# max_file_size = 5
+
 
 ## Downloads of channels and supergroups
 ## Here you can specify which channels and supergroups