diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher-curl.c b/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher-curl.c
index 422ed41649..c5198d5709 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher-curl.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher-curl.c
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ struct OstreeFetcher
   int tmpdir_dfd;
   bool force_anonymous;
   char *custom_user_agent;
-  long opt_low_speed_limit;
-  long opt_low_speed_time;
+  guint32 opt_low_speed_limit;
+  guint32 opt_low_speed_time;
   gboolean opt_retry_all;
 
   GMainContext *mainctx;
@@ -186,9 +186,6 @@ _ostree_fetcher_finalize (GObject *object)
   g_free (self->tls_client_key_path);
   g_free (self->cookie_jar_path);
   g_free (self->proxy);
-  g_free (self->opt_low_speed_limit);
-  g_free (self->opt_low_speed_time);
-  g_free (self->opt_retry_all);
   g_assert_cmpint (g_hash_table_size (self->outstanding_requests), ==, 0);
   g_clear_pointer (&self->extra_headers, curl_slist_free_all);
   g_hash_table_unref (self->outstanding_requests);
@@ -675,6 +672,24 @@ _ostree_fetcher_set_proxy (OstreeFetcher *self, const char *http_proxy)
   self->proxy = g_strdup (http_proxy);
 }
 
+void
+_ostree_fetcher_set_low_speed_time (OstreeFetcher *self, guint32 opt_low_speed_time)
+{
+  self->opt_low_speed_time = opt_low_speed_time;
+}
+
+void
+_ostree_fetcher_set_low_speed_limit (OstreeFetcher *self, guint32 opt_low_speed_limit)
+{
+  self->opt_low_speed_limit = opt_low_speed_limit;
+}
+
+void
+_ostree_fetcher_set_retry_all (OstreeFetcher *self, gboolean opt_retry_all)
+{
+  self->opt_retry_all = opt_retry_all;
+}
+
 void
 _ostree_fetcher_set_cookie_jar (OstreeFetcher *self, const char *jar_path)
 {
diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher.h b/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher.h
index 6f1e931bc6..f69871b443 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher.h
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher.h
@@ -99,11 +99,11 @@ void _ostree_fetcher_set_proxy (OstreeFetcher *fetcher, const char *proxy);
 void _ostree_fetcher_set_client_cert (OstreeFetcher *fetcher, const char *cert_path,
                                       const char *key_path);
 
-void _ostree_fetcher_set_low_speed_limit (OstreeFetcher *self, long *opt_low_speed_limit);
+void _ostree_fetcher_set_low_speed_limit (OstreeFetcher *self, guint32 opt_low_speed_limit);
 
-void _ostree_fetcher_set_low_speed_time (OstreeFetcher *self, long *opt_low_speed_time);
+void _ostree_fetcher_set_low_speed_time (OstreeFetcher *self, guint32 opt_low_speed_time);
 
-void _ostree_fetcher_set_retry_all (OstreeFetcher *self, gboolean *opt_retry_all;
+void _ostree_fetcher_set_retry_all (OstreeFetcher *self, gboolean opt_retry_all);
 
 void _ostree_fetcher_set_tls_database (OstreeFetcher *self, const char *tlsdb_path);
 
diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull-private.h b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull-private.h
index 266b4e7b3f..93ba2a9134 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull-private.h
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull-private.h
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ typedef struct
 
   GVariant *extra_headers;
   char *append_user_agent;
-  long low_speed_limit;
-  long low_speed_time;
+  guint32 low_speed_limit;
+  guint32 low_speed_time;
   gboolean retry_all;
 
 
diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
index e2c7e3a29f..ef8c1d44d7 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@
  * _ostree_fetcher_should_retry_request(). This is the default value for the
  * `n-network-retries` pull option. */
 #define DEFAULT_N_NETWORK_RETRIES 5
-#define OPT_LOWSPEEDLIMIT_DEFAULT 1000L
-#define OPT_LOWSPEEDTIME_DEFAULT 30L
-#define OPT_RETRYALL_DEFAULT true
+#define OPT_LOWSPEEDLIMIT_DEFAULT 1000
+#define OPT_LOWSPEEDTIME_DEFAULT 30
+#define OPT_RETRYALL_DEFAULT TRUE
 
 typedef struct
 {
@@ -2931,7 +2931,7 @@ _ostree_repo_cache_summary (OstreeRepo *self, const char *remote, GBytes *summar
 static OstreeFetcher *
 _ostree_repo_remote_new_fetcher (OstreeRepo *self, const char *remote_name, gboolean gzip,
                                  GVariant *extra_headers, const char *append_user_agent,
-                                 long low_speed_limit, long low_speed_time,
+                                 guint32 low_speed_limit, guint32 low_speed_time,
                                  gboolean retry_all, OstreeFetcherSecurityState *out_state, 
                                  GError **error)
 {
@@ -4914,9 +4914,6 @@ ostree_repo_pull_with_options (OstreeRepo *self, const char *remote_name_or_base
   g_free (pull_data->remote_refspec_name);
   g_free (pull_data->remote_name);
   g_free (pull_data->append_user_agent);
-  g_free (pull_data->low_speed_limit);
-  g_free (pull_data->low_speed_time);
-  g_free (pull_data->retry_all);
   g_clear_pointer (&pull_data->signapi_commit_verifiers, g_ptr_array_unref);
   g_clear_pointer (&pull_data->signapi_summary_verifiers, g_ptr_array_unref);
   g_clear_pointer (&pull_data->meta_mirrorlist, g_ptr_array_unref);
@@ -5715,7 +5712,7 @@ find_remotes_cb (GObject *obj, GAsyncResult *async_result, gpointer user_data)
                 goto error;
 
               fetcher = _ostree_repo_remote_new_fetcher (self, result->remote->name, TRUE, NULL,
-                                                         NULL, NULL, NULL, TRUE, NULL, &error);
+                                                         NULL, 0, 0, TRUE, NULL, &error);
               if (fetcher == NULL)
                 goto error;
 
@@ -6329,8 +6326,8 @@ ostree_repo_remote_fetch_summary_with_options (OstreeRepo *self, const char *nam
   g_autoptr (GVariant) extra_headers = NULL;
   g_autoptr (GPtrArray) mirrorlist = NULL;
   const char *append_user_agent = NULL;
-  long low_speed_limit = OPT_LOWSPEEDLIMIT_DEFAULT;
-  long low_speed_time = OPT_LOWSPEEDTIME_DEFAULT;
+  guint32 low_speed_limit = OPT_LOWSPEEDLIMIT_DEFAULT;
+  guint32 low_speed_time = OPT_LOWSPEEDTIME_DEFAULT;
   gboolean retry_all = OPT_RETRYALL_DEFAULT;
   guint n_network_retries = DEFAULT_N_NETWORK_RETRIES;
   gboolean summary_sig_not_modified = FALSE;