diff --git a/libvirt-zsh-backup.sh b/libvirt-zsh-backup.sh
index f87b8c9..a1964b4 100644
--- a/libvirt-zsh-backup.sh
+++ b/libvirt-zsh-backup.sh
@@ -8,22 +8,24 @@ helpFunction()
    echo -e "\t-t Backup target host name"
    echo -e "\t-s VM source zfs dataset"
    echo -e "\t-d Backup target zfs dataset"
+   echo -e "\t-l Limit Bandwith"
    exit 1 # Exit script after printing help
 }
 
-while getopts "v:t:s:d:" opt
+while getopts "v:t:s:d:l:" opt
 do
    case "$opt" in
       v ) VM="$OPTARG" ;;
       t ) DESTHOST="$OPTARG" ;;
       s ) SRCZFS="$OPTARG" ;;
       d ) DESTZFS="$OPTARG" ;;
+      l ) LIMIT="$OPTARG" ;;
       ? ) helpFunction ;; # Print helpFunction in case parameter is non-existent
    esac
 done
 
 # Print helpFunction in case parameters are empty
-if [ -z "$VM" ] || [ -z "$DESTHOST" ] || [ -z "$DESTZFS" ] || [ -z "$SRCZFS" ]
+if [ -z "$VM" ] || [ -z "$DESTHOST" ] || [ -z "$DESTZFS" ] || [ -z "$SRCZFS" ] || [ -z "$LIMIT" ]
 then
    echo "Some or all of the parameters are empty";
    helpFunction
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ then
     LASTSNAP="backup_$LASTBACKUP"
     zfs send -i "$SRCZFS"@"$LASTSNAP" "$SRCZFS"@"$SNAPNAME" | pv -L 500M | ssh $DESTHOST sudo zfs recv -F $DESTZFS
 else
-    zfs send "$SRCZFS"@"$SNAPNAME" | pv -L 500M | ssh $DESTHOST sudo zfs recv -F $DESTZFS
+    zfs send "$SRCZFS"@"$SNAPNAME" | pv -L $LIMIT | ssh $DESTHOST sudo zfs recv -F $DESTZFS
 fi
 if [ $? -eq 0 ]
 then