diff --git a/devine/core/downloaders/aria2c.py b/devine/core/downloaders/aria2c.py
index d0886e3..47b8e1a 100644
--- a/devine/core/downloaders/aria2c.py
+++ b/devine/core/downloaders/aria2c.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def aria2c(
         "--max-tries", "5",
         "--max-file-not-found", "5",
         "--summary-interval", "0",
-        "--file-allocation", config.aria2c.get("file_allocation", "falloc"),
+        "--file-allocation", config.aria2c.get("file_allocation", "prealloc"),
         "--console-log-level", "warn",
         "--download-result", ["hide", "default"][bool(progress)],
         *args,