diff --git a/src/default-datastore.js b/src/default-datastore.js
index 68b63461..3b28a0df 100644
--- a/src/default-datastore.js
+++ b/src/default-datastore.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 // Default configuration for the datastore spec in node.js
 module.exports = {
-  StorageMax: '10GB',
   StorageGCWatermark: 90,
   GCPeriod: '1h',
   BloomFilterSize: 0,
diff --git a/test/repo-test.js b/test/repo-test.js
index 8d7c2d0f..981c8265 100644
--- a/test/repo-test.js
+++ b/test/repo-test.js
@@ -61,6 +61,26 @@ module.exports = (repo) => {
       })
     })
 
+    describe('spec', () => {
+      it('get spec', (done) => {
+        repo.spec.get((err) => {
+          expect(err).to.not.exist()
+          done()
+        })
+      })
+
+      it('set spec', (done) => {
+        series([
+          (cb) => repo.spec.set({ a: 'b' }, cb),
+          (cb) => repo.spec.get((err, spec) => {
+            if (err) return cb(err)
+            expect(spec).to.deep.equal({ a: 'b' })
+            cb()
+          })
+        ], done)
+      })
+    })
+
     describe('version', () => {
       it('get version', (done) => {
         repo.version.get((err, version) => {
diff --git a/test/test-repo/datastore_spec b/test/test-repo/datastore_spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7bf9626c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-repo/datastore_spec
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"mounts":[{"mountpoint":"/blocks","path":"blocks","shardFunc":"/repo/flatfs/shard/v1/next-to-last/2","type":"flatfs"},{"mountpoint":"/","path":"datastore","type":"levelds"}],"type":"mount"}
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