diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 921314f..ecf7e51 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ var replacerStack = []
 
 function defaultOptions () {
   return {
-    depthLimit: 10,
-    edgesLimit: 20
+    depthLimit: Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER,
+    edgesLimit: Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index fa6efa1..47179c9 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ function replacer(key, value) {
 }
 
 // those are also defaults limits when no options object is passed into safeStringify
+// configure it to lower the limit.
 const options = {
-  depthLimit: 10,
-  edgesLimit: 20,
+  depthLimit: Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER,
+  edgesLimit: Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER
 };
 
 const serialized = safeStringify(o, replacer, 2, options)
@@ -166,4 +167,4 @@ MIT
 [`space`]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/JSON/stringify#The%20space%20argument
 [`toJSON`]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/JSON/stringify#toJSON()_behavior
 [benchmark]: https://github.com/epoberezkin/fast-json-stable-stringify/blob/67f688f7441010cfef91a6147280cc501701e83b/benchmark
-[JSON.stringify]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/JSON/stringify
\ No newline at end of file
+[JSON.stringify]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/JSON/stringify