diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index beed356..67ebde1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ RELEASE=2.0
 
 VERSION=2.0
 PACKAGE=libpve-storage-perl
-PKGREL=16
+PKGREL=17
 
 DESTDIR=
 PREFIX=/usr
diff --git a/PVE/Storage.pm b/PVE/Storage.pm
index c72a62d..4148ed3 100755
--- a/PVE/Storage.pm
+++ b/PVE/Storage.pm
@@ -458,7 +458,8 @@ sub parse_config {
 	$ids->{local} = {
 	    type => 'dir',
 	    priority => $pri++,
-	    path => '/var/lib/vz',    
+	    path => '/var/lib/vz',
+	    maxfiles => 0,
 	    content => { images => 1, rootdir => 1, vztmpl => 1, iso => 1},
 	};
     }
diff --git a/changelog.Debian b/changelog.Debian
index a011140..9f21ff3 100644
--- a/changelog.Debian
+++ b/changelog.Debian
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+libpve-storage-perl (2.0-17) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * fix bug #148: set maxfiles for default local storage
+
+ -- Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>  Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:39:44 +0200
+
 libpve-storage-perl (2.0-16) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * use dir_glob_* from PVE::Tools