diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/LargeVolume.h b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/LargeVolume.h
index e9355b0e..b9ba2909 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/LargeVolume.h
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/LargeVolume.h
@@ -279,9 +279,9 @@ namespace PolyVox
 		//Sets whether or not blocks are compressed in memory
 		void setCompressionEnabled(bool bCompressionEnabled);
 		/// Sets the number of blocks for which uncompressed data is stored
-		void setMaxNumberOfUncompressedBlocks(uint16_t uMaxNumberOfUncompressedBlocks);
+		void setMaxNumberOfUncompressedBlocks(uint32_t uMaxNumberOfUncompressedBlocks);
 		/// Sets the number of blocks which can be in memory before the paging system starts unloading them
-		void setMaxNumberOfBlocksInMemory(uint16_t uMaxNumberOfBlocksInMemory);
+		void setMaxNumberOfBlocksInMemory(uint32_t uMaxNumberOfBlocksInMemory);
 		/// Sets the value used for voxels which are outside the volume
 		void setBorderValue(const VoxelType& tBorder);
 		/// Sets the voxel at the position given by <tt>x,y,z</tt> coordinates
diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/LargeVolume.inl b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/LargeVolume.inl
index 0c1b7678..a6f4e0ec 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/LargeVolume.inl
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/LargeVolume.inl
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ namespace PolyVox
 	/// \param uBlockCacheSize The number of blocks for which uncompressed data can be cached.
 	////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 	template <typename VoxelType>
-	void LargeVolume<VoxelType>::setMaxNumberOfUncompressedBlocks(uint16_t uMaxNumberOfUncompressedBlocks)
+	void LargeVolume<VoxelType>::setMaxNumberOfUncompressedBlocks(uint32_t uMaxNumberOfUncompressedBlocks)
 	{
 		clearBlockCache();
 
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ namespace PolyVox
 	/// \param uMaxBlocks The number of blocks
 	////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 	template <typename VoxelType>
-	void LargeVolume<VoxelType>::setMaxNumberOfBlocksInMemory(uint16_t uMaxNumberOfBlocksInMemory)
+	void LargeVolume<VoxelType>::setMaxNumberOfBlocksInMemory(uint32_t uMaxNumberOfBlocksInMemory)
 	{
 		if(m_pBlocks.size() > uMaxNumberOfBlocksInMemory)
 		{