diff --git a/src/Content/ContentManager.py b/src/Content/ContentManager.py
index 7a1a8447..c1ec533c 100644
--- a/src/Content/ContentManager.py
+++ b/src/Content/ContentManager.py
@@ -858,15 +858,16 @@ class ContentManager(object):
         if content.get("inner_path") and content["inner_path"] != inner_path:
             raise VerifyError("Wrong inner_path: %s" % content["inner_path"])
 
-        # Check total site size limit
-        if site_size > site_size_limit:
-            if inner_path == "content.json" and self.site.settings["size"] == 0:
-                # First content.json download, save site size to display warning
+        # If our content.json file bigger than the size limit throw error
+        if inner_path == "content.json":
+            content_size_file = len(json.dumps(content, indent=1))
+            if content_size_file > site_size_limit:
+                # Save site size to display warning
                 self.site.settings["size"] = site_size
-            task = self.site.worker_manager.findTask(inner_path)
-            if task:  # Dont try to download from other peers
-                self.site.worker_manager.failTask(task)
-            raise VerifyError("Content too large %sB > %sB, aborting task..." % (site_size, site_size_limit))
+                task = self.site.worker_manager.findTask(inner_path)
+                if task:  # Dont try to download from other peers
+                    self.site.worker_manager.failTask(task)
+                raise VerifyError("Content too large %s B > %s B, aborting task..." % (site_size, site_size_limit))
 
         # Verify valid filenames
         for file_relative_path in list(content.get("files", {}).keys()) + list(content.get("files_optional", {}).keys()):
diff --git a/src/Site/Site.py b/src/Site/Site.py
index c08e067e..af6563e3 100644
--- a/src/Site/Site.py
+++ b/src/Site/Site.py
@@ -179,6 +179,15 @@ class Site(object):
         if peer:  # Update last received update from peer to prevent re-sending the same update to it
             peer.last_content_json_update = self.content_manager.contents[inner_path]["modified"]
 
+        # Verify size limit
+        if inner_path == "content.json":
+            site_size_limit = self.getSizeLimit() * 1024 * 1024
+            content_size = len(json.dumps(self.content_manager.contents[inner_path], indent=1)) + sum([file["size"] for file in list(self.content_manager.contents[inner_path].get("files", {}).values()) if file["size"] >= 0])  # Size of new content
+            if site_size_limit < content_size:
+                # Not enought don't download anything
+                self.log.debug("Size limit reached (site too big please increase limit): %.2f MB > %.2f MB" % (content_size / 1024 / 1024, site_size_limit / 1024 / 1024))
+                return False
+
         # Start download files
         file_threads = []
         if download_files:
@@ -720,6 +729,10 @@ class Site(object):
         return self.needFile(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def isFileDownloadAllowed(self, inner_path, file_info):
+        # Verify space for all site
+        if self.settings["size"] > self.getSizeLimit() * 1024 * 1024:
+            return False
+        # Verify space for file
         if file_info.get("size", 0) > config.file_size_limit * 1024 * 1024:
             self.log.debug(
                 "File size %s too large: %sMB > %sMB, skipping..." %
diff --git a/src/Test/TestSiteDownload.py b/src/Test/TestSiteDownload.py
index 1d4ba4c1..fc7ba23a 100644
--- a/src/Test/TestSiteDownload.py
+++ b/src/Test/TestSiteDownload.py
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ class TestSiteDownload:
         client.sites[site_temp.address] = site_temp
         site_temp.connection_server = client
 
-        # Connect peers
+        # Connect peersself, file_server, site, site_temp
         site_temp.addPeer(file_server.ip, 1544)
 
         # Download site from site to site_temp
@@ -460,3 +460,47 @@ class TestSiteDownload:
             assert len(file_requests) == 1
 
         assert site_temp.storage.open("data/data.json").read() == data_new
+        assert site_temp.storage.open("content.json").read() == site.storage.open("content.json").read()
+
+    # Test what happened if the content.json of the site is bigger than the site limit
+    def testHugeContentSiteUpdate(self, file_server, site, site_temp):
+        # Init source server
+        site.connection_server = file_server
+        file_server.sites[site.address] = site
+
+        # Init client server
+        client = FileServer(file_server.ip, 1545)
+        client.sites[site_temp.address] = site_temp
+        site_temp.connection_server = client
+
+        # Connect peersself, file_server, site, site_temp
+        site_temp.addPeer(file_server.ip, 1544)
+
+        # Download site from site to site_temp
+        site_temp.download(blind_includes=True).join(timeout=5)
+
+        # Raise limit size to 20MB on site so it can be signed
+        site.settings["size_limit"] = int(20 * 1024 *1024)
+        site.saveSettings()
+
+        content_json = site.storage.loadJson("content.json")
+        content_json["description"] = "PartirUnJour" * 1024 * 1024
+        site.storage.writeJson("content.json", content_json)
+        changed, deleted = site.content_manager.loadContent("content.json", force=True)
+
+        # Make sure we have 2 differents content.json
+        assert site_temp.storage.open("content.json").read() != site.storage.open("content.json").read()
+
+        # Generate diff
+        diffs = site.content_manager.getDiffs("content.json")
+
+        # Publish with patch
+        site.log.info("Publish new content.json bigger than 10MB")
+        with Spy.Spy(FileRequest, "route") as requests:
+            site.content_manager.sign("content.json", privatekey="5KUh3PvNm5HUWoCfSUfcYvfQ2g3PrRNJWr6Q9eqdBGu23mtMntv")
+            assert site.storage.getSize("content.json") > 10 * 1024 * 1024  # verify it over 10MB
+            site.publish(diffs=diffs)
+            site_temp.download(blind_includes=True).join(timeout=5)
+
+        assert site_temp.storage.getSize("content.json") < site_temp.getSizeLimit() * 1024 * 1024
+        assert site_temp.storage.open("content.json").read() != site.storage.open("content.json").read()