diff --git a/bugsink/app_settings.py b/bugsink/app_settings.py
index 94e0a07..12bac22 100644
--- a/bugsink/app_settings.py
+++ b/bugsink/app_settings.py
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ DEFAULTS = {
     # of 50/s (ingestion) on low-grade hardware that I measured.
     "MAX_EVENTS_PER_PROJECT_PER_5_MINUTES": 1_000,
     "MAX_EVENTS_PER_PROJECT_PER_HOUR": 5_000,
+    "MAX_EVENTS_PER_PROJECT_PER_MONTH": 1_000_000,
+
+    "MAX_EVENTS_PER_5_MINUTES": 1_000,
+    "MAX_EVENTS_PER_HOUR": 5_000,
     "MAX_EVENTS_PER_MONTH": 1_000_000,
 
     "MAX_EMAILS_PER_MONTH": None,  # None means "no limit"; for non-None values, the quota is per calendar month
diff --git a/bugsink/conf_templates/docker.py.template b/bugsink/conf_templates/docker.py.template
index 9f32b8e..1acca31 100644
--- a/bugsink/conf_templates/docker.py.template
+++ b/bugsink/conf_templates/docker.py.template
@@ -163,10 +163,15 @@ BUGSINK = {
     "MAX_ENVELOPE_COMPRESSED_SIZE": int(os.getenv("MAX_ENVELOPE_COMPRESSED_SIZE", 20 * _MEBIBYTE)),
 
     # Bugsink-specific limits:
-    # The default values are 1_000 and 5_000 respectively; which corresponds to ~6% and ~2.7% of the total capacity of
-    # 50 requests/s (ingestion) on low-grade hardware that I measured, and with 50% of the default value for retention.
+    # The default values are 1_000, 5_000, 1M respectively; which corresponds to ~6%, ~2.7%, .8% of the total capacity
+    # of 50/s (ingestion) on low-grade hardware that I measured.
     "MAX_EVENTS_PER_PROJECT_PER_5_MINUTES": int(os.getenv("MAX_EVENTS_PER_PROJECT_PER_5_MINUTES", 1_000)),
     "MAX_EVENTS_PER_PROJECT_PER_HOUR": int(os.getenv("MAX_EVENTS_PER_PROJECT_PER_HOUR", 5_000)),
+    "MAX_EVENTS_PER_PROJECT_PER_MONTH": int(os.getenv("MAX_EVENTS_PER_PROJECT_PER_MONTH", 1_000_000)),
+
+    "MAX_EVENTS_PER_5_MINUTES": int(os.getenv("MAX_EVENTS_PER_5_MINUTES", 1_000)),
+    "MAX_EVENTS_PER_HOUR": int(os.getenv("MAX_EVENTS_PER_HOUR", 5_000)),
+    "MAX_EVENTS_PER_MONTH": int(os.getenv("MAX_EVENTS_PER_MONTH", 1_000_000)),
 
     # Settings that help with debugging and development ("why isn't Bugsink doing what I expect?")
     "VALIDATE_ON_DIGEST": os.getenv("VALIDATE_ON_DIGEST", "none").lower(),  # other legal values are "warn" and "strict"
diff --git a/bugsink/settings/development.py b/bugsink/settings/development.py
index 3442126..692e7d9 100644
--- a/bugsink/settings/development.py
+++ b/bugsink/settings/development.py
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ BUGSINK = {
     # set MAX_EVENTS* very high to be able to do serious performance testing (which I do often in my dev environment)
     "MAX_EVENTS_PER_PROJECT_PER_5_MINUTES": 1_000_000,
     "MAX_EVENTS_PER_PROJECT_PER_HOUR": 50_000_000,
+    "MAX_EVENTS_PER_PROJECT_PER_MONTH": 1_000_000_000,
+
+    "MAX_EVENTS_PER_5_MINUTES": 1_000_000,
+    "MAX_EVENTS_PER_HOUR": 50_000_000,
     "MAX_EVENTS_PER_MONTH": 1_000_000_000,
 
     "MAX_EMAILS_PER_MONTH": 10,  # for development: a thing to tune if you want to the the quota system
diff --git a/ingest/views.py b/ingest/views.py
index 93fd2a9..65aee45 100644
--- a/ingest/views.py
+++ b/ingest/views.py
@@ -62,11 +62,14 @@ HTTP_501_NOT_IMPLEMENTED = 501
 
 QUOTA_THRESHOLDS = {
     "Installation": [
+        ("minute", 5, "MAX_EVENTS_PER_5_MINUTES"),
+        ("hour", 1, "MAX_EVENTS_PER_HOUR",),
         ("month", 1, "MAX_EVENTS_PER_MONTH"),
     ],
     "Project": [
         ("minute", 5, "MAX_EVENTS_PER_PROJECT_PER_5_MINUTES"),
         ("hour", 1, "MAX_EVENTS_PER_PROJECT_PER_HOUR",),
+        ("month", 1, "MAX_EVENTS_PER_PROJECT_PER_MONTH"),
     ],
 }