diff --git a/hosting/docker-compose.yaml b/hosting/docker-compose.yaml
index 7d3e6960dc..c55ca34547 100644
--- a/hosting/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/hosting/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ services:
     image: budibase/proxy
     environment:
       - PROXY_RATE_LIMIT_WEBHOOKS_PER_SECOND=10
+      - PROXY_RATE_LIMIT_API_PER_SECOND=20
     depends_on:
       - minio-service
       - worker-service
diff --git a/hosting/nginx.prod.conf.hbs b/hosting/nginx.prod.conf.hbs
index 5ecea67c42..0ff986d0a7 100644
--- a/hosting/nginx.prod.conf.hbs
+++ b/hosting/nginx.prod.conf.hbs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ events {
 http {
   # rate limiting
   limit_req_status 429;
-  limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=ratelimit:10m rate=20r/s;
+  limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=ratelimit:10m rate=${PROXY_RATE_LIMIT_API_PER_SECOND}r/s;
   limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=webhooks:10m rate=${PROXY_RATE_LIMIT_WEBHOOKS_PER_SECOND}r/s;
 
   include       /etc/nginx/mime.types;
diff --git a/hosting/proxy/Dockerfile b/hosting/proxy/Dockerfile
index d9b33e3e9a..298762aaf1 100644
--- a/hosting/proxy/Dockerfile
+++ b/hosting/proxy/Dockerfile
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ COPY .generated-nginx.prod.conf /etc/nginx/templates/nginx.conf.template
 COPY error.html /usr/share/nginx/html/error.html
 
 # Default environment
-ENV PROXY_RATE_LIMIT_WEBHOOKS_PER_SECOND=10
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+ENV PROXY_RATE_LIMIT_WEBHOOKS_PER_SECOND=10
+ENV PROXY_RATE_LIMIT_API_PER_SECOND=20
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