diff --git a/k3s/config.json b/k3s/config.json
index 694567d92..2af5cbc3f 100644
--- a/k3s/config.json
+++ b/k3s/config.json
@@ -639,8 +639,8 @@
     },
     "read_file": {
       "enabled": true,
-      "mode": "bytes",
-      "max_read_file_size": 65536
+      "mode": "plaintext",
+      "max_read_file_size": 1048576
     },
     "send_file": {
       "enabled": true
diff --git a/k3s/configmap.yaml b/k3s/configmap.yaml
index 4613c7709..daba504b2 100644
--- a/k3s/configmap.yaml
+++ b/k3s/configmap.yaml
@@ -646,8 +646,8 @@ data:
         },
         "read_file": {
           "enabled": true,
-          "mode": "bytes",
-          "max_read_file_size": 65536
+          "mode": "plaintext",
+          "max_read_file_size": 1048576
         },
         "send_file": {
           "enabled": true