diff --git a/src/duplicacy_s3storage.go b/src/duplicacy_s3storage.go
index 5f7d3e8..f205d8f 100644
--- a/src/duplicacy_s3storage.go
+++ b/src/duplicacy_s3storage.go
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ func (storage *S3Storage) DownloadFile(threadIndex int, filePath string, chunk *
 
 	defer output.Body.Close()
 
-	_, err = RateLimitedCopy(chunk, output.Body, storage.DownloadRateLimit/len(storage.bucket))
+	_, err = RateLimitedCopy(chunk, output.Body, storage.DownloadRateLimit/storage.numberOfThreads)
 	return err
 
 }
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ func (storage *S3Storage) UploadFile(threadIndex int, filePath string, content [
 			Bucket:      aws.String(storage.bucket),
 			Key:         aws.String(storage.storageDir + filePath),
 			ACL:         aws.String(s3.ObjectCannedACLPrivate),
-			Body:        CreateRateLimitedReader(content, storage.UploadRateLimit/len(storage.bucket)),
+			Body:        CreateRateLimitedReader(content, storage.UploadRateLimit/storage.numberOfThreads),
 			ContentType: aws.String("application/duplicacy"),
 		}