diff --git a/core/commands/add.go b/core/commands/add.go
index 1bf8ccbeb..bacdb2a14 100644
--- a/core/commands/add.go
+++ b/core/commands/add.go
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ You can now check what blocks have been created by:
 		cmdkit.IntOption(cidVersionOptionName, "CID version. Defaults to 0 unless an option that depends on CIDv1 is passed. (experimental)"),
 		cmdkit.StringOption(hashOptionName, "Hash function to use. Implies CIDv1 if not sha2-256. (experimental)").WithDefault("sha2-256"),
 		cmdkit.BoolOption(inlineOptionName, "Inline small blocks into CIDs. (experimental)"),
-		cmdkit.IntOption(inlineLimitOptionName, "Maximum block size to inline. (experimental)").WithDefault(64),
+		cmdkit.IntOption(inlineLimitOptionName, "Maximum block size to inline. (experimental)").WithDefault(32),
 	},
 	PreRun: func(req *cmds.Request, env cmds.Environment) error {
 		quiet, _ := req.Options[quietOptionName].(bool)
diff --git a/test/sharness/t0040-add-and-cat.sh b/test/sharness/t0040-add-and-cat.sh
index e3186e959..bd60140f5 100755
--- a/test/sharness/t0040-add-and-cat.sh
+++ b/test/sharness/t0040-add-and-cat.sh
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ test_add_cat_expensive "--cid-version=1" "zdj7WcatQrtuE4WMkS4XsfsMixuQN2po4irkYh
 # encoded with the blake2b-256 hash funtion
 test_add_cat_expensive '--hash=blake2b-256' "zDMZof1kwndounDzQCANUHjiE3zt1mPEgx7RE3JTHoZrRRa79xcv"
 
-test_add_named_pipe " Post http://$API_ADDR/api/v0/add?chunker=size-262144&encoding=json&hash=sha2-256&inline-limit=64&pin=true&progress=true&recursive=true&stream-channels=true:"
+test_add_named_pipe " Post http://$API_ADDR/api/v0/add?chunker=size-262144&encoding=json&hash=sha2-256&inline-limit=32&pin=true&progress=true&recursive=true&stream-channels=true:"
 
 test_add_pwd_is_symlink