diff --git a/bin/gpo b/bin/gpo
index 4509d37..0b33bdf 100755
--- a/bin/gpo
+++ b/bin/gpo
@@ -898,15 +898,24 @@ class gPodderCli(object):
         Use {pending} to see a list of episodes that would be downloaded.
         """
         count = 0
+        max = self._config.get_field('limit.downloads.podcast_max_new')
         for podcast in self._get_podcasts(url):
             podcast_printed = False
+            current = 0
             for episode in podcast.episodes:
+                if episode.state == gpodder.STATE_DOWNLOADED:
+                    current += 1
+                    if current >= max:
+                        break
                 if self._is_episode_new(episode):
                     if not podcast_printed:
                         out(inblue(podcast.title))
                         podcast_printed = True
                     self._download_episode(episode)
                     count += 1
+                    current += 1
+                    if current >= max:
+                        break
 
         self._download_summary(count)
         return True
@@ -1136,7 +1145,7 @@ class gPodderCli(object):
         out(*args)
 
     def _checkargs(self, func, command_line):
-        args, varargs, keywords, defaults = inspect.getargspec(func)
+        args, varargs, keywords, defaults, _, _, _ = inspect.getfullargspec(func)
         args.pop(0)  # Remove "self" from args
         defaults = defaults or ()
         minarg, maxarg = len(args)-len(defaults), len(args)
diff --git a/src/gpodder/config.py b/src/gpodder/config.py
index 5c1cae5..1387ced 100644
--- a/src/gpodder/config.py
+++ b/src/gpodder/config.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
         'downloads': {
             'enabled': True,
             'concurrent': 1,
+            'podcast_max_new': 200,       # per podcast download limit same as episode limit
         },
         'episodes': 200,  # max episodes per feed
     },