diff --git a/config/blockauth.conf b/config/blockauth.conf
index 121b0ee..657c32d 100644
--- a/config/blockauth.conf
+++ b/config/blockauth.conf
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ valid_users="test1 test2"
 always_ip_allowed="192.168.0.1 192.168.0.2"
 blocklist="/etc/blockauth/blocklist.list"
 filelog="/etc/blockauth/blockauth.log"
+max_ip_blocklist="12500"