diff --git a/packages/app-tests/externalSqlFileStartup.test.ts b/packages/app-tests/externalSqlFileStartup.test.ts
index 7d28460fe0..2f400fa88f 100644
--- a/packages/app-tests/externalSqlFileStartup.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app-tests/externalSqlFileStartup.test.ts
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ test("cold-start SQL files wait for restored tabs before opening", () => {
 
   const openPathSource = appSource.slice(openPathStart, openPathEnd);
   const initializationWait = openPathSource.indexOf("await desktopOpenTabsRestorationBarrier?.settled");
-  const fileRead = openPathSource.indexOf("api.readExternalSqlFileSnapshot(path)");
+  const fileRead = openPathSource.indexOf("api.readExternalSqlFileSnapshot(path, externalSqlEditorMaxBytes(settingsStore.editorSettings.externalSqlEditorMaxMb))");
   const tabOpen = openPathSource.indexOf("queryStore.openExternalSqlFile");
   assert.ok(initializationWait >= 0);
   assert.ok(initializationWait < fileRead);
diff --git a/packages/app-tests/sqlLibraryImportEncoding.test.ts b/packages/app-tests/sqlLibraryImportEncoding.test.ts
index feab0df519..2cba3161fa 100644
--- a/packages/app-tests/sqlLibraryImportEncoding.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app-tests/sqlLibraryImportEncoding.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ test("SQL library imports use the charset-aware external SQL reader", () => {
   const end = source.indexOf("async function chooseSyncDirectory", start);
   const handler = start >= 0 && end > start ? source.slice(start, end) : "";
 
-  assert.match(handler, /await api\.readExternalSqlFile\(path\)/);
+  assert.match(handler, /await api\.readExternalSqlFile\(path, externalSqlEditorMaxBytes\(settingsStore\.editorSettings\.externalSqlEditorMaxMb\)\)/);
   assert.doesNotMatch(handler, /readTextFile/);
 });
 
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/commands/external_sql.rs b/src-tauri/src/commands/external_sql.rs
index 6bce7c4362..7e479f1172 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/commands/external_sql.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/commands/external_sql.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
 use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
 
 const MAX_EXTERNAL_SQL_EDITOR_FILE_BYTES: u64 = 64 * 1024 * 1024;
-const MIN_EXTERNAL_SQL_EDITOR_FILE_BYTES: u64 = 1 * 1024 * 1024;
+const MIN_EXTERNAL_SQL_EDITOR_FILE_BYTES: u64 = 1024 * 1024;
 const MAX_EXTERNAL_SQL_EDITOR_FILE_BYTES_LIMIT: u64 = 4096 * 1024 * 1024;
 
 fn clamp_external_sql_editor_limit(max_size_bytes: Option<u64>) -> u64 {