diff --git a/radicle-cli/examples/rad-config.md b/radicle-cli/examples/rad-config.md
index b6dc7356..29ae359b 100644
--- a/radicle-cli/examples/rad-config.md
+++ b/radicle-cli/examples/rad-config.md
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ $ rad config
       "maxOpenFiles": 4096,
       "rate": {
         "inbound": {
-          "fillRate": 0.2,
-          "capacity": 32
+          "fillRate": 2.0,
+          "capacity": 128
         },
         "outbound": {
-          "fillRate": 1.0,
-          "capacity": 64
+          "fillRate": 5.0,
+          "capacity": 256
         }
       },
       "connection": {
diff --git a/radicle-httpd/src/api/v1/profile.rs b/radicle-httpd/src/api/v1/profile.rs
index 2307a0b5..85a61800 100644
--- a/radicle-httpd/src/api/v1/profile.rs
+++ b/radicle-httpd/src/api/v1/profile.rs
@@ -101,12 +101,12 @@ mod routes {
                     "maxOpenFiles": 4096,
                     "rate": {
                       "inbound": {
-                        "fillRate": 0.2,
-                        "capacity": 32
+                        "fillRate": 2.0,
+                        "capacity": 128
                       },
                       "outbound": {
-                        "fillRate": 1.0,
-                        "capacity": 64
+                        "fillRate": 5.0,
+                        "capacity": 256
                       }
                     },
                     "connection": {
diff --git a/radicle/src/node/config.rs b/radicle/src/node/config.rs
index 821643cb..a6f9a32a 100644
--- a/radicle/src/node/config.rs
+++ b/radicle/src/node/config.rs
@@ -168,12 +168,12 @@ impl Default for RateLimits {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
             inbound: RateLimit {
-                fill_rate: 0.2,
-                capacity: 32,
+                fill_rate: 2.0,
+                capacity: 128,
             },
             outbound: RateLimit {
-                fill_rate: 1.0,
-                capacity: 64,
+                fill_rate: 5.0,
+                capacity: 256,
             },
         }
     }