diff --git a/uproot/source/http.py b/uproot/source/http.py
index 43e396ae..1011359c 100644
--- a/uproot/source/http.py
+++ b/uproot/source/http.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def __init__(self, path, auth=None, *args, **kwds):
         self._size = None
         self.auth = auth
 
-    defaults = {"chunkbytes": 32*1024, "limitbytes": 32*1024**2, "parallel": 8*multiprocessing.cpu_count() if sys.version_info[0] > 2 else 1}
+    defaults = {"chunkbytes": 1024**2, "limitbytes": 100*1024**2, "parallel": 8*multiprocessing.cpu_count() if sys.version_info[0] > 2 else 1}
 
     def _open(self):
         try:
diff --git a/uproot/source/xrootd.py b/uproot/source/xrootd.py
index a362fc46..d5f25c42 100644
--- a/uproot/source/xrootd.py
+++ b/uproot/source/xrootd.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def __init__(self, path, timeout=None, *args, **kwds):
         self.timeout = timeout
         super(XRootDSource, self).__init__(path, *args, **kwds)
 
-    defaults = {"timeout": None, "chunkbytes": 32*1024, "limitbytes": 32*1024**2, "parallel": False}
+    defaults = {"timeout": None, "chunkbytes": 1024**2, "limitbytes": 100*1024**2, "parallel": False}
 
     def _open(self):
         try:
diff --git a/uproot/tree.py b/uproot/tree.py
index 41d72367..6a629739 100644
--- a/uproot/tree.py
+++ b/uproot/tree.py
@@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@ def basket_uncompressedbytes(self, i, keycache=None):
             self._tryrecover()
         return self._threadsafe_key(i, keycache, False)._fObjlen
 
-    def basket_compressedbytes(self, i):
+    def basket_compressedbytes(self, i, keycache=None):
         if self._recoveredbaskets is None:
             self._tryrecover()
         key = self._threadsafe_key(i, keycache, False)
@@ -2023,7 +2023,7 @@ def daskframe(path, treepath, branches=None, namedecode="utf-8", entrysteps=floa
 
 ################################################################ for quickly getting numentries
 
-def numentries(path, treepath, total=True, localsource=MemmapSource.defaults, xrootdsource=XRootDSource.defaults, httpsource=HTTPSource.defaults, executor=None, blocking=True, **options):
+def numentries(path, treepath, total=True, localsource=MemmapSource.defaults, xrootdsource={"timeout": None, "chunkbytes": 32*1024, "limitbytes": 1024**2, "parallel": False}, httpsource={"chunkbytes": 32*1024, "limitbytes": 1024**2, "parallel": False}, executor=None, blocking=True, **options):
     if isinstance(path, string_types):
         paths = _filename_explode(path)
     else: