diff --git a/src/admin/templates/proxy/etc/qserv-czar.cnf.jinja b/src/admin/templates/proxy/etc/qserv-czar.cnf.jinja
index d8ebcf29b..ee48cfb53 100644
--- a/src/admin/templates/proxy/etc/qserv-czar.cnf.jinja
+++ b/src/admin/templates/proxy/etc/qserv-czar.cnf.jinja
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ oldestResultKeptDays = 7
 maxsqlconnectionattempts = 10
 
 # maximum user query result size in MB
-maxtablesize_mb = 5100
+maxtablesize_mb = 1
 
 
 # database connection for QMeta database
diff --git a/src/admin/templates/xrootd/etc/xrdssi.cf.jinja b/src/admin/templates/xrootd/etc/xrdssi.cf.jinja
index 59981c1c9..fa2f4c18a 100644
--- a/src/admin/templates/xrootd/etc/xrdssi.cf.jinja
+++ b/src/admin/templates/xrootd/etc/xrdssi.cf.jinja
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ num_http_threads = 4
 #   SSI   - XROOTD/SSI stream (the default mode if no specific choice is proided)
 #   XROOT - XROOT file protocol
 #   HTTP  - HTTP protocol
-protocol = SSI
+protocol = HTTP
 
 # Set to any value but 0 if result files (if any) left after the previous run of
 # the worker had to be deleted from the corresponding folder.