diff --git a/weed/command/mount.go b/weed/command/mount.go
index 613066951..2a78dd5fb 100644
--- a/weed/command/mount.go
+++ b/weed/command/mount.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func init() {
 	mountOptions.filerGrpcPort = cmdMount.Flag.Int("filer.grpc.port", 0, "filer grpc server listen port, default to http port + 10000")
 	mountOptions.filerMountRootPath = cmdMount.Flag.String("filer.path", "/", "mount this remote path from filer server")
 	mountOptions.dir = cmdMount.Flag.String("dir", ".", "mount weed filer to this directory")
-	mountOptions.dirListingLimit = cmdMount.Flag.Int("dirListLimit", 1000, "limit sub dir listing size")
+	mountOptions.dirListingLimit = cmdMount.Flag.Int("dirListLimit", 100000, "limit directory listing size")
 	mountOptions.collection = cmdMount.Flag.String("collection", "", "collection to create the files")
 	mountOptions.replication = cmdMount.Flag.String("replication", "000", "replication to create to files")
 	mountOptions.ttlSec = cmdMount.Flag.Int("ttl", 0, "file ttl in seconds")