diff --git a/setup-scripts/siad-upload.service b/setup-scripts/siad-upload.service
index 4516a3ad..950ab677 100644
--- a/setup-scripts/siad-upload.service
+++ b/setup-scripts/siad-upload.service
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ ExecStart=/home/user/go/bin/siad --api-addr "localhost:9970" --rpc-addr ":9971"
 ExecStop=/home/user/go/bin/siac --addr "localhost:9970" stop
 Restart=on-failure
 SyslogIdentifier=siad-upload
+LimitNOFILE=10000
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=default.target
diff --git a/setup-scripts/siad.service b/setup-scripts/siad.service
index 83207c79..2aaa75ab 100644
--- a/setup-scripts/siad.service
+++ b/setup-scripts/siad.service
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ ExecStart=/home/user/go/bin/siad
 ExecStop=/home/user/go/bin/siac stop
 Restart=on-failure
 SyslogIdentifier=siad
+LimitNOFILE=10000
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=default.target