diff --git a/htmlproofer/plugin.py b/htmlproofer/plugin.py
index df2b084..b308391 100644
--- a/htmlproofer/plugin.py
+++ b/htmlproofer/plugin.py
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ def resolve_web_scheme(self, url: str) -> int:
 
             if self.config['skip_downloads'] is False:
                 # Download the entire contents as to not break previous behaviour.
-                for _ in response.iter_content(chunk_size=1024):
+                for _ in response.iter_content(chunk_size=1024 * 1024):
                     pass
 
             return response.status_code