diff --git a/default.go b/default.go
index 26cb016..47481c7 100644
--- a/default.go
+++ b/default.go
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	contentTypeHtml = "text/html"
+
+	maxBodySizeBytes = 20971520
 )
 
 func defaultLinkHandler(link string) (*LinkInfo, error) {
@@ -70,7 +72,11 @@ func defaultLinkHandler(link string) (*LinkInfo, error) {
 
 	switch contentType {
 	case contentTypeHtml:
-		err = retrieveHtmlLinkTitle(ret, link)
+		if contentLength > 0 && contentLength < maxBodySizeBytes {
+			err = retrieveHtmlLinkTitle(ret, link)
+			break
+		}
+		fallthrough
 	default:
 		ret.Title = fmt.Sprintf("%s (%s, %s)", path.Base(u.Path), contentType, ByteCountDecimal(contentLength))
 	}
@@ -123,7 +129,7 @@ func retrieveHtmlLinkTitle(i *LinkInfo, link string) error {
 
 	defer res.Body.Close()
 
-	q, err := goquery.NewDocumentFromReader(res.Body)
+	q, err := goquery.NewDocumentFromReader(io.LimitReader(res.Body, maxBodySizeBytes))
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return err