diff --git a/scripts/test.sh b/scripts/test.sh
index 6a04188..02e2d91 100755
--- a/scripts/test.sh
+++ b/scripts/test.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ export SMOLVAULT_BUCKET="test-bucket"
 export SMOLVAULT_DB="test.db"
 export SMOLVAULT_CACHE="./uploads/"
 export AUTH_SECRET_KEY="09d25e094faa6ca2556c818166b7a9563b93f7099f6f0f4caa6cf63b88e8d3e7" # key from FastAPI docs to use in tests
-export DAILY_UPLOAD_LIMIT_BYTES="500000"
+export DAILY_UPLOAD_LIMIT_BYTES="50000"
 export USERS_LIMIT="20"
 export USER_WHITELIST="1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20"