diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9f55dd7..42eb38a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.8.2 (2024-07-05)
+
+### Changes
+
+- Added downloadSizeLimit parameter to the DownloadDebugResource function.
+
 ## 0.8.1 (2024-07-04)
 
 ### Changes
diff --git a/python/mujinwebstackclient/version.py b/python/mujinwebstackclient/version.py
index 5a49596..854921f 100644
--- a/python/mujinwebstackclient/version.py
+++ b/python/mujinwebstackclient/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = '0.8.0'
+__version__ = '0.8.2'
 
 # Do not forget to update CHANGELOG.md
 
diff --git a/python/mujinwebstackclient/webstackclient.py b/python/mujinwebstackclient/webstackclient.py
index f3f2c34..1fbe452 100644
--- a/python/mujinwebstackclient/webstackclient.py
+++ b/python/mujinwebstackclient/webstackclient.py
@@ -1105,16 +1105,21 @@ def GetDebugResources(self, timeout=5):
         """
         return self.ObjectsWrapper(self._webclient.APICall('GET', u'debug/', timeout=timeout))
 
-    def DownloadDebugResource(self, debugresourcepk, timeout=10):
+    def DownloadDebugResource(self, debugresourcepk, downloadSizeLimit=100*1024*1024, timeout=10):
         """downloads contents of the given debug resource
 
         :param debugresourcepk: Exact name of the debug resource to download
+        :param downloadSizeLimit: Limit of the size of the debug resource to download, defaults to 100*1024*1024 bytes
         :param timeout: Amount of time in seconds to wait before failing, defaults to 10
         :raises WebstackClientError: If request wasn't successful
         :return: Contents of the requested resource
         """
         # custom http call because APICall currently only supports json
-        response = self._webclient.Request('GET', '/api/v1/debug/%s/download/' % debugresourcepk, stream=True, timeout=timeout)
+        # params is used to store query parameters and passed to the request
+        params = {
+            'sizeLimit' : downloadSizeLimit
+        }
+        response = self._webclient.Request('GET', '/api/v1/debug/%s/download/' % debugresourcepk, stream=True, timeout=timeout, params=params)
         if response.status_code != 200:
             raise WebstackClientError(response.content.decode('utf-8'), response=response)
         return response