diff --git a/.claude/settings.local.json b/.claude/settings.local.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 67401c0..0000000
--- a/.claude/settings.local.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "permissions": {
-    "allow": [
-      "Bash(rtk grep *)",
-      "Bash(rtk read *)",
-      "Bash(rtk git *)"
-    ],
-    "additionalDirectories": [
-      "/config/.claude/skills/security-audit",
-      "/config/security-audit-skill",
-      "/config/.cargo/registry"
-    ]
-  }
-}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6447e00..6faeb08 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- With no limit on new downloads per check (`max_new_per_check = 0`), downloads work on Postgres; they failed.
 - Checking a feed with a long history is much quicker: items already stored are no longer written again on every check.
 - A scan no longer asks a feed's website for its icon every time; it asks again when the artwork changes or you refresh the feed.
 - The feed list loads several times faster: it was asking the database six questions per feed.
diff --git a/src/db.rs b/src/db.rs
index cea91f8..dfd48a5 100644
--- a/src/db.rs
+++ b/src/db.rs
@@ -635,7 +635,9 @@ impl Db {
              WHERE x.feed_id = $1 AND x.state = 'pending'
              ORDER BY coalesce(e.published, e.first_seen) DESC, x.id DESC
              LIMIT $2",
-            vec![feed_id.into(), (limit as i64).into()],
+            // Unlimited is usize::MAX, which `as i64` makes -1: SQLite reads LIMIT -1 as no
+            // limit, Postgres refuses it, and the feed's downloads failed (#98).
+            vec![feed_id.into(), (limit.min(i64::MAX as usize) as i64).into()],
         )
         .await?
         .iter()
@@ -1934,6 +1936,17 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!((list["f"].unread, list["g"].unread), (1, 1)); // a read, c hidden; sam's read is sam's
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn an_unlimited_queue_takes_everything_waiting() {
+        let db = Db::memory().await.unwrap();
+        db.exec_for_test(
+            "INSERT INTO entries (feed_id, guid, first_seen) VALUES ('f','a',0),('f','b',0);
+             INSERT INTO enclosures (id, feed_id, guid, url, state) VALUES (1,'f','a','u1','pending'),(2,'f','b','u2','pending');",
+        ).await
+        .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(db.pending("f", usize::MAX).await.unwrap().len(), 2);
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn a_scan_knows_a_feeds_stored_items_and_files() {
         let db = Db::memory().await.unwrap();