diff --git a/lib/api_defender.rb b/lib/api_defender.rb
index ba76be26f..dd3489a7b 100644
--- a/lib/api_defender.rb
+++ b/lib/api_defender.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class ApiDefender < Rack::Throttle::Hourly
     options = {
       :cache => Redis.new(:thread_safe => true),
       :key_prefix => :throttle,
-      :max => 500 # only 500 request per hour
+      :max => 2000 # only 2000 request per hour
     }
     @app, @options = app, options
   end