diff --git a/cmd/geth/consolecmd_test.go b/cmd/geth/consolecmd_test.go
index e2923ed093..42458e71cc 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/consolecmd_test.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/consolecmd_test.go
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ func runMinimalGeth(t *testing.T, args ...string) *testgeth {
 	// --networkid=1337 to avoid cache bump
 	// --syncmode=full to avoid allocating fast sync bloom
 	allArgs := []string{"--ropsten", "--networkid", "1337", "--syncmode=full", "--port", "0",
-		"--nat", "none", "--nodiscover", "--maxpeers", "0", "--cache", "64"}
+		"--nat", "none", "--nodiscover", "--maxpeers", "0", "--cache", "64",
+		"--datadir.minfreedisk", "0"}
 	return runGeth(t, append(allArgs, args...)...)
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/utils/cmd.go b/cmd/utils/cmd.go
index f8e40b187c..47ad3b22c8 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/cmd.go
@@ -77,11 +77,11 @@ func StartNode(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, isConsole bool) {
 		signal.Notify(sigc, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
 		defer signal.Stop(sigc)
 
-		minFreeDiskSpace := ethconfig.Defaults.TrieDirtyCache
+		minFreeDiskSpace := 2 * ethconfig.Defaults.TrieDirtyCache // Default 2 * 256Mb
 		if ctx.GlobalIsSet(MinFreeDiskSpaceFlag.Name) {
 			minFreeDiskSpace = ctx.GlobalInt(MinFreeDiskSpaceFlag.Name)
 		} else if ctx.GlobalIsSet(CacheFlag.Name) || ctx.GlobalIsSet(CacheGCFlag.Name) {
-			minFreeDiskSpace = ctx.GlobalInt(CacheFlag.Name) * ctx.GlobalInt(CacheGCFlag.Name) / 100
+			minFreeDiskSpace = 2 * ctx.GlobalInt(CacheFlag.Name) * ctx.GlobalInt(CacheGCFlag.Name) / 100
 		}
 		if minFreeDiskSpace > 0 {
 			go monitorFreeDiskSpace(sigc, stack.InstanceDir(), uint64(minFreeDiskSpace)*1024*1024)
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ func monitorFreeDiskSpace(sigc chan os.Signal, path string, freeDiskSpaceCritica
 		} else if freeSpace < 2*freeDiskSpaceCritical {
 			log.Warn("Disk space is running low. Geth will shutdown if disk space runs below critical level.", "available", common.StorageSize(freeSpace), "critical_level", common.StorageSize(freeDiskSpaceCritical))
 		}
-		time.Sleep(60 * time.Second)
+		time.Sleep(30 * time.Second)
 	}
 }