diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1ad8ba8ab..8433a4851 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 === Deluge 1.2.1 ===
 ==== GtkUI ====
 	* Fix #1128 Show an error dialog when unable to start a 'deluged' process
+	* Increased max enterable download / upload limit to 60000 KiB/s
 
 ==== Console ====
 	* Fix hanging when using commands from the command-line
diff --git a/deluge/ui/gtkui/glade/preferences_dialog.glade b/deluge/ui/gtkui/glade/preferences_dialog.glade
index d69c94fef..0188a1dc5 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/gtkui/glade/preferences_dialog.glade
+++ b/deluge/ui/gtkui/glade/preferences_dialog.glade
@@ -1472,7 +1472,7 @@ Disabled</property>
                                                 <property name="events">GDK_POINTER_MOTION_MASK | GDK_POINTER_MOTION_HINT_MASK | GDK_BUTTON_PRESS_MASK | GDK_BUTTON_RELEASE_MASK</property>
                                                 <property name="tooltip" translatable="yes">The maximum download speed for all torrents.  Set -1 for unlimited.</property>
                                                 <property name="xalign">1</property>
-                                                <property name="adjustment">-1 -1 9000 1 10 0</property>
+                                                <property name="adjustment">-1 -1 60000 1 10 0</property>
                                                 <property name="climb_rate">1</property>
                                                 <property name="digits">1</property>
                                                 <property name="numeric">True</property>
@@ -1491,7 +1491,7 @@ Disabled</property>
                                                 <property name="can_focus">True</property>
                                                 <property name="tooltip" translatable="yes">The maximum upload speed for all torrents.  Set -1 for unlimited.</property>
                                                 <property name="xalign">1</property>
-                                                <property name="adjustment">-1 -1 9000 1 10 0</property>
+                                                <property name="adjustment">-1 -1 60000 1 10 0</property>
                                                 <property name="climb_rate">1</property>
                                                 <property name="digits">1</property>
                                                 <property name="numeric">True</property>