diff --git a/conf/configuration.go b/conf/configuration.go
index c4202f409..9f9ad9993 100644
--- a/conf/configuration.go
+++ b/conf/configuration.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ type nd struct {
 	IgnoredArticles string `default:"The El La Los Las Le Les Os As O A"`
 	IndexGroups     string `default:"A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X-Z(XYZ) [Unknown]([)"`
 
-	TranscodingCacheSize int64  `default:"100"` // in MB
+	TranscodingCacheSize string `default:"100MB"` // in MB
 	ProbeCommand         string `default:"ffmpeg -i %s -f ffmetadata"`
 
 	// DevFlags. These are used to enable/disable debugging and incomplete features
diff --git a/consts/consts.go b/consts/consts.go
index b85f9a016..416b566a1 100644
--- a/consts/consts.go
+++ b/consts/consts.go
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ const (
 
 	UIAssetsLocalPath = "ui/build"
 
-	CacheDir = "cache"
+	CacheDir                             = "cache"
+	DefaultTranscodingCacheSize          = 100 * 1024 * 1024 // 100MB
+	DefaultTranscodingCacheMaxItems      = 0                 // Unlimited
+	DefaultTranscodingCachePurgeInterval = 10 * time.Minute
 
 	DevInitialUserName = "admin"
 	DevInitialName     = "Dev Admin"
diff --git a/engine/media_streamer.go b/engine/media_streamer.go
index f9240a8d4..dfcf91bf3 100644
--- a/engine/media_streamer.go
+++ b/engine/media_streamer.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/deluan/navidrome/log"
 	"github.com/deluan/navidrome/model"
 	"github.com/djherbis/fscache"
+	"github.com/dustin/go-humanize"
 )
 
 type MediaStreamer interface {
@@ -198,9 +199,15 @@ func getFinalCachedSize(r fscache.ReadAtCloser) int64 {
 }
 
 func NewTranscodingCache() (fscache.Cache, error) {
-	lru := fscache.NewLRUHaunter(0, conf.Server.TranscodingCacheSize*1024*1024, 10*time.Minute)
+	cacheSize, err := humanize.ParseBytes(conf.Server.TranscodingCacheSize)
+	if err != nil {
+		cacheSize = consts.DefaultTranscodingCacheSize
+	}
+	lru := fscache.NewLRUHaunter(consts.DefaultTranscodingCacheMaxItems, int64(cacheSize), consts.DefaultTranscodingCachePurgeInterval)
 	h := fscache.NewLRUHaunterStrategy(lru)
 	cacheFolder := filepath.Join(conf.Server.DataFolder, consts.CacheDir)
+	log.Info("Creating transcoding cache", "path", cacheFolder, "maxSize", humanize.Bytes(cacheSize),
+		"cleanUpInterval", consts.DefaultTranscodingCachePurgeInterval)
 	fs, err := fscache.NewFs(cacheFolder, 0755)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2fb978638..80047e8f8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go v3.2.0+incompatible
 	github.com/dhowden/tag v0.0.0-20191122115059-7e5c04feccd8
 	github.com/djherbis/fscache v0.10.0
+	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.0
 	github.com/fatih/camelcase v0.0.0-20160318181535-f6a740d52f96 // indirect
 	github.com/fatih/structs v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-chi/chi v4.0.3+incompatible
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 616f17708..e6829d16f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ github.com/dhowden/tag v0.0.0-20191122115059-7e5c04feccd8 h1:nmFnmD8VZXkjDHIb1Gn
 github.com/dhowden/tag v0.0.0-20191122115059-7e5c04feccd8/go.mod h1:SniNVYuaD1jmdEEvi+7ywb1QFR7agjeTdGKyFb0p7Rw=
 github.com/djherbis/fscache v0.10.0 h1:+O3s3LwKL1Jfz7txRHpgKOz8/krh9w+NzfzxtFdbsQg=
 github.com/djherbis/fscache v0.10.0/go.mod h1:yyPYtkNnnPXsW+81lAcQS6yab3G2CRfnPLotBvtbf0c=
+github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.0 h1:VSnTsYCnlFHaM2/igO1h6X3HA71jcobQuxemgkq4zYo=
+github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.0/go.mod h1:HtrtbFcZ19U5GC7JDqmcUSB87Iq5E25KnS6fMYU6eOk=
 github.com/edsrzf/mmap-go v0.0.0-20170320065105-0bce6a688712 h1:aaQcKT9WumO6JEJcRyTqFVq4XUZiUcKR2/GI31TOcz8=
 github.com/edsrzf/mmap-go v0.0.0-20170320065105-0bce6a688712/go.mod h1:YO35OhQPt3KJa3ryjFM5Bs14WD66h8eGKpfaBNrHW5M=
 github.com/elazarl/go-bindata-assetfs v1.0.0/go.mod h1:v+YaWX3bdea5J/mo8dSETolEo7R71Vk1u8bnjau5yw4=