diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
index 2f974d8..207abf7 100644
--- a/util.go
+++ b/util.go
@@ -184,3 +184,46 @@ func parseSizeInBytes(sizeStr string) uint {
 
 	return safeMul(uint(size), multiplier)
 }
+
+func safeMul(a, b uint) uint {
+	c := a * b
+	if a > 1 && b > 1 && c/b != a {
+		return 0
+	}
+	return c
+}
+
+// parseSizeInBytes converts strings like 1GB or 12 mb into an unsigned integer number of bytes
+func parseSizeInBytes(sizeStr string) uint {
+	sizeStr = strings.TrimSpace(sizeStr)
+	lastChar := len(sizeStr) - 1
+	multiplier := uint(1)
+
+	if lastChar > 0 {
+		if sizeStr[lastChar] == 'b' || sizeStr[lastChar] == 'B' {
+			if lastChar > 1 {
+				switch unicode.ToLower(rune(sizeStr[lastChar-1])) {
+				case 'k':
+					multiplier = 1 << 10
+					sizeStr = strings.TrimSpace(sizeStr[:lastChar-1])
+				case 'm':
+					multiplier = 1 << 20
+					sizeStr = strings.TrimSpace(sizeStr[:lastChar-1])
+				case 'g':
+					multiplier = 1 << 30
+					sizeStr = strings.TrimSpace(sizeStr[:lastChar-1])
+				default:
+					multiplier = 1
+					sizeStr = strings.TrimSpace(sizeStr[:lastChar])
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	size := cast.ToInt(sizeStr)
+	if size < 0 {
+		size = 0
+	}
+
+	return safeMul(uint(size), multiplier)
+}