diff --git a/example-config.toml b/example-config.toml
index 38beb76..066b626 100644
--- a/example-config.toml
+++ b/example-config.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ http_port = 8080
 grpc_port = 50051
 
 log_level = "info"
-rate_limit_per_second = 100
-rate_limit_burst = 1000
+rate_limit_per_second = 0
+rate_limit_burst = 0
 acme_staging = false
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 83b51cb..9c051c0 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ fn default_adoption_timeout() -> u64 {
 }
 
 fn default_rate_limit_per_second() -> u64 {
-    100
+    0
 }
 
 fn default_rate_limit_burst() -> u32 {
-    1000
+    0
 }
 
 #[derive(Parser, Debug, Deserialize, Clone)]