diff --git a/minetest.conf.example b/minetest.conf.example
index 16d9ba4e1da588f3007067fac338675a255f741a..e6c9832a5d785b009b98a392d6eba72b996882f6 100644
--- a/minetest.conf.example
+++ b/minetest.conf.example
@@ -50,6 +50,6 @@
 
 #active_object_range = 2
 
-#max_simultaneous_block_sends_per_client = 2
+#max_simultaneous_block_sends_per_client = 1
 #max_simultaneous_block_sends_server_total = 4
 
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index f7b2b2c6baa84624d344cee4df98679e93d4f8bf..8ce19ed92f3c0f9d6146c9c001639f0b13394f26 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ void set_default_settings()
 	g_settings.set("ravines_amount", "1.0");
 	g_settings.set("objectdata_interval", "0.2");
 	g_settings.set("active_object_range", "2");
-	g_settings.set("max_simultaneous_block_sends_per_client", "2");
+	g_settings.set("max_simultaneous_block_sends_per_client", "1");
 	g_settings.set("max_simultaneous_block_sends_server_total", "4");
 }
 
diff --git a/src/map.h b/src/map.h
index 5b04ae9d17f0954aae24dffccd818b31831166b1..edfe5ef2a815c63f2a9ad6fd90fb1d14483d1626 100644
--- a/src/map.h
+++ b/src/map.h
@@ -143,10 +143,10 @@ class CacheLock
 	*/
 	JMutexAutoLock * waitCaches()
 	{
-		dstream<<"waitCaches() begin"<<std::endl;
+		//dstream<<"waitCaches() begin"<<std::endl;
 		JMutexAutoLock waitcachelock(m_waitcache_mutex);
 		JMutexAutoLock *lock = new JMutexAutoLock(m_cache_mutex);
-		dstream<<"waitCaches() end"<<std::endl;
+		//dstream<<"waitCaches() end"<<std::endl;
 		return lock;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/server.cpp b/src/server.cpp
index a4035284718defead7336bea5cd9fd84e0c9455c..99683615ab454b5a04402a6e5596f44016ef4063 100644
--- a/src/server.cpp
+++ b/src/server.cpp
@@ -302,8 +302,10 @@ void RemoteClient::GetNextBlocks(Server *server, float dtime,
 		d_start = m_nearest_unsent_d;
 	}
 
-	u16 maximum_simultaneous_block_sends = g_settings.getU16
+	u16 maximum_simultaneous_block_sends_setting = g_settings.getU16
 			("max_simultaneous_block_sends_per_client");
+	u16 maximum_simultaneous_block_sends = 
+			maximum_simultaneous_block_sends_setting;
 
 	/*
 		Check the time from last addNode/removeNode.
@@ -380,13 +382,20 @@ void RemoteClient::GetNextBlocks(Server *server, float dtime,
 
 				Also, don't send blocks that are already flying.
 			*/
-			if(d > BLOCK_SEND_DISABLE_LIMITS_MAX_D)
+			
+			u16 maximum_simultaneous_block_sends_now =
+					maximum_simultaneous_block_sends;
+			
+			if(d <= BLOCK_SEND_DISABLE_LIMITS_MAX_D)
+					maximum_simultaneous_block_sends_now =
+							maximum_simultaneous_block_sends_setting;
+
 			{
 				JMutexAutoLock lock(m_blocks_sending_mutex);
 				
 				// Limit is dynamically lowered when building
 				if(m_blocks_sending.size()
-						>= maximum_simultaneous_block_sends)
+						>= maximum_simultaneous_block_sends_now)
 				{
 					/*dstream<<"Not sending more blocks. Queue full. "
 							<<m_blocks_sending.size()