diff --git a/rcon/client.py b/rcon/client.py
index 328101c..c2e7ffe 100644
--- a/rcon/client.py
+++ b/rcon/client.py
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ class BaseClient:
     def __init__(
             self, host: str, port: int, *,
             timeout: float | None = None,
-            passwd: str | None = None,
-            max_pkg_size: int | None = None
+            passwd: str | None = None
     ):
         """Initialize the base client with the SOCK_STREAM socket type."""
         self._socket = socket(type=self._socket_type)
@@ -21,11 +20,17 @@ class BaseClient:
         self.port = port
         self.timeout = timeout
         self.passwd = passwd
-        self.max_pkg_size = max_pkg_size
 
-    def __init_subclass__(cls, *, socket_type: SocketKind | None = None):
+    def __init_subclass__(
+            cls,
+            *,
+            socket_type: SocketKind | None = None,
+            max_pkg_size: int | None = None
+    ):
         if socket_type is not None:
             cls._socket_type = socket_type
+            
+        cls._max_pkg_size = max_pkg_size
 
     def __enter__(self):
         """Attempt an auto-login if a password is set."""
diff --git a/rcon/source/client.py b/rcon/source/client.py
index 5d58b24..5260f1f 100644
--- a/rcon/source/client.py
+++ b/rcon/source/client.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class Client(BaseClient, socket_type=SOCK_STREAM):
         with self._socket.makefile('rb') as file:
             packet = Packet.read(file)
 
-        if self.max_pkg_size and len(packet.payload) >= self.max_pkg_size:
+        if self._max_pkg_size and len(packet.payload) >= self._max_pkg_size:
             return packet + self.read_followup_packet()
 
         return packet