diff --git a/gateway/player.html b/gateway/player.html
index 1927765..94208e3 100644
--- a/gateway/player.html
+++ b/gateway/player.html
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@
         Max new songs / day
         <span class="hint">Hard cap on Lyria generations</span>
       </label>
-      <input type="number" class="num-input" id="setMaxPerDay" min="1" max="100" value="10">
+      <input type="number" class="num-input" id="setMaxPerDay" min="0" max="200" value="100" title="0 = unlimited">
     </div>
     <div class="settings-divider">Lyria 3 (from API)</div>
     <div class="lyria-status ok" id="lyriaApiStatus">Checking Gemini / Lyria…</div>
@@ -1052,7 +1052,8 @@
         new_song_chance: data.playback?.new_song_chance,
       });
       if (data.budget) {
-        setMaxPerDay.value = data.budget.max_per_day || 10;
+        const cap = data.limits?.max_new_songs_per_day ?? data.budget?.max_per_day;
+        setMaxPerDay.value = cap === undefined || cap === null ? 100 : cap;
       }
       if (data.lyria) syncLyriaUI(data.lyria);
       updateModeBadge();
@@ -1074,7 +1075,10 @@
         new_song_chance: setChance.value / 100,
       },
       limits: {
-        max_new_songs_per_day: parseInt(setMaxPerDay.value, 10) || 10,
+        max_new_songs_per_day: (() => {
+          const n = parseInt(setMaxPerDay.value, 10);
+          return Number.isFinite(n) && n >= 0 ? n : 100;
+        })(),
       },
       lyria: {
         model: setLyriaModel.value,
@@ -1098,7 +1102,8 @@
         statRemaining.textContent = `${data.budget.remaining ?? 0} remaining`;
       }
       const perTrack = data.costs?.per_track_estimate_usd || 0.082;
-      statMaxBudget.textContent = fmtUsd(perTrack * (data.limits?.max_new_songs_per_day || 10));
+      const cap = data.limits?.max_new_songs_per_day ?? 100;
+      statMaxBudget.textContent = cap <= 0 ? '∞' : fmtUsd(perTrack * cap);
     } catch (_) {}
     savingSettings = false;
   }
diff --git a/settings.json b/settings.json
index 39de4ef..1fddaf6 100644
--- a/settings.json
+++ b/settings.json
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     "new_song_chance": 0.35
   },
   "limits": {
-    "max_new_songs_per_day": 0
+    "max_new_songs_per_day": 100
   },
   "costs": {
     "lyria_pro_usd": 0.08,
diff --git a/src/ozan_radio/server.py b/src/ozan_radio/server.py
index 70dcc5b..24c1b4f 100644
--- a/src/ozan_radio/server.py
+++ b/src/ozan_radio/server.py
@@ -87,7 +87,10 @@ def _dashboard_stats(cfg: Config) -> dict:
         "today": budget,
         "costs": rs.costs.__dict__ | {"per_track_estimate_usd": per_track},
         "playback": rs.playback.__dict__,
-        "projected_daily_max_usd": round(per_track * rs.limits.max_new_songs_per_day, 2),
+        "projected_daily_max_usd": (
+            0 if rs.limits.max_new_songs_per_day <= 0
+            else round(per_track * rs.limits.max_new_songs_per_day, 2)
+        ),
         "generation": dict(_generation_state),
     }