diff --git a/Server/README.txt b/Server/README.txt
index 0de4121b..7e9bf82f 100644
--- a/Server/README.txt
+++ b/Server/README.txt
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ send_rate          The most the server sends one player, in KB/s (default 900,
                    lost. Console: rate <KB/s>, also for the players already on.
 bone_scale_limit   How far a mod may resize part of a skater for the other
                    players (a "big head" mod and the like): the most a bone may
-                   be scaled, 1 to 8. 1 shows every skater at the game's own
-                   proportions; 0 (default) is no limit. The player with the
+                   be scaled, 1 to 8. 1 (default) shows every skater at the
+                   game's own proportions; 0 is no limit. The player with the
                    mod still sees it on their own screen. Console:
                    bone-scale <1-8>|off.
 crowd_budget       The most position updates a second one player is sent
diff --git a/Server/Test/server_config_tests.cpp b/Server/Test/server_config_tests.cpp
index 71dfd19f..2a5ced2a 100644
--- a/Server/Test/server_config_tests.cpp
+++ b/Server/Test/server_config_tests.cpp
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ int run() {
         ServerConfig rate;
         rate.send_rate = 64;
         check(config_error(rate).find("send_rate") != std::string::npos, "A send rate too low to play with was accepted");
-        check(has("bone_scale_limit") && config.bone_scale_limit == 0, "bone_scale_limit is not a new setting of no limit");
+        check(has("bone_scale_limit") && config.bone_scale_limit == 1, "bone_scale_limit is not a new setting of 1");
         ServerConfig scaled;
         scaled.bone_scale_limit = 0.5f;
         check(config_error(scaled).find("bone_scale_limit") != std::string::npos, "A bone scale limit under 1 was accepted");
diff --git a/Server/server_config.h b/Server/server_config.h
index d1748acf..f149d46e 100644
--- a/Server/server_config.h
+++ b/Server/server_config.h
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ struct ServerConfig {
     // The most poses a second one player is sent (crowd_limits); 0: no limit.
     unsigned crowd_budget = crowd_pose_budget;
     // The most a mod may resize part of a skater for the other players, as a factor (and its
-    // inverse the least): 1 shows every skater at the game's own proportions, 0 is no limit.
-    float bone_scale_limit = 0;
+    // inverse the least): 1, the default, shows every skater at the game's own proportions;
+    // 0 is no limit.
+    float bone_scale_limit = 1;
     // What the server may send each player, in KB/s (128-16384).
     unsigned send_rate = 900;
     std::vector<std::uint64_t> reserved;