diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 4f28699..8e2e749 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ type SysConfig struct {
 	SCGIPaths             map[string]string
 	ReadMollyFiles        bool
 	AllowTLS12            bool
+	RateLimitEnable       bool
+	RateLimitAverage      int
+	RateLimitBurst        int
 }
 
 type UserConfig struct {
@@ -56,6 +59,9 @@ func getConfig(filename string) (SysConfig, UserConfig, error) {
 	sysConfig.SCGIPaths = make(map[string]string)
 	sysConfig.ReadMollyFiles = false
 	sysConfig.AllowTLS12 = true
+	sysConfig.RateLimitEnable = false
+	sysConfig.RateLimitAverage = 1
+	sysConfig.RateLimitBurst = 10
 
 	userConfig.GeminiExt = "gmi"
 	userConfig.DefaultLang = ""
diff --git a/handler.go b/handler.go
index 26ba82a..4f4515d 100644
--- a/handler.go
+++ b/handler.go
@@ -50,12 +50,14 @@ func handleGeminiRequest(conn net.Conn, sysConfig SysConfig, config UserConfig,
 	}
 
 	// Enforce rate limiting
-	noPort := logEntry.RemoteAddr.String()
-	noPort = noPort[0:strings.LastIndex(noPort, ":")]
-	if !rl.Allowed(noPort) {
-		conn.Write([]byte("44 10 second cool down, please!\r\n"))
-		logEntry.Status = 44
-		return
+	if sysConfig.RateLimitEnable {
+		noPort := logEntry.RemoteAddr.String()
+		noPort = noPort[0:strings.LastIndex(noPort, ":")]
+		if !rl.Allowed(noPort) {
+			conn.Write([]byte("44 10 second cool down, please!\r\n"))
+			logEntry.Status = 44
+			return
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Read request
diff --git a/launch.go b/launch.go
index 8c302b1..1dcaba3 100644
--- a/launch.go
+++ b/launch.go
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ func launch(sysConfig SysConfig, userConfig UserConfig, privInfo userInfo) int {
 	// Infinite serve loop (SIGTERM breaks out)
 	running := true
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
-	rl := newRateLimiter(100, 5)
+	rl := newRateLimiter(sysConfig.RateLimitAverage, sysConfig.RateLimitBurst)
 	for running {
 		conn, err := listener.Accept()
 		if err == nil {
diff --git a/ratelim.go b/ratelim.go
index 6aa08dc..ff399f3 100644
--- a/ratelim.go
+++ b/ratelim.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -9,19 +8,18 @@ import (
 type RateLimiter struct {
 	mu sync.Mutex
 	bucket map[string]int
-	capacity int
 	rate int
+	burst int
 }
 
-func newRateLimiter(capacity int, rate int) RateLimiter {
+func newRateLimiter(rate int, burst int) RateLimiter {
 	var rl = new(RateLimiter)
 	rl.bucket = make(map[string]int)
-	rl.capacity = capacity
 	rl.rate = rate
+	rl.burst = burst
 	// Leak periodically
 	go func () {
 		for(true) {
-			fmt.Println(rl.bucket)
 			rl.mu.Lock()
 			for addr, drips := range rl.bucket {
 				if drips <= rate {
@@ -45,7 +43,7 @@ func  (rl *RateLimiter) Allowed(addr string) bool {
 		rl.bucket[addr] = 1
 		return true
 	}
-	if drips == rl.capacity {
+	if drips == rl.burst {
 		return false
 	}
 	rl.bucket[addr] = drips + 1