diff --git a/config/index.js b/config/index.js
index 34fb58f..f026abc 100644
--- a/config/index.js
+++ b/config/index.js
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ const config = {
   whitelistRateLimit: process.env.WHITELIST_RATE_LIMIT
     ? Number(process.env.WHITELIST_RATE_LIMIT)
     : 10,
+  internalRateLimit: process.env.INTERNAL_RATE_LIMIT
+    ? Number(process.env.INTERNAL_RATE_LIMIT)
+    : 10,
   pointsPerMinute: process.env.POINTS_PER_MINUTE
     ? Number(process.env.POINTS_PER_MINUTE)
     : 10000,
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9992989..595cd7b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     "dev": "nodemon ./dist/app.js",
     "test": "npm run lint && npm run test-v4",
     "lint": "standard --env mocha --fix",
-    "test-v4": "export NETWORK=mainnet && nyc --reporter=text mocha --timeout 60000 test/v4/",
+    "test-v4": "export NETWORK=mainnet && nyc --reporter=text mocha --exit --timeout 60000 test/v4/",
     "test:integration": "mocha test/v4/integration",
     "test:integration:slpdb": "mocha --timeout 25000 -g '#validate2Single' test/v4/integration/slp*.js",
     "coverage": "nyc report --reporter=text-lcov | coveralls",
diff --git a/src/middleware/route-ratelimit.js b/src/middleware/route-ratelimit.js
index aab21f5..a6f1f38 100644
--- a/src/middleware/route-ratelimit.js
+++ b/src/middleware/route-ratelimit.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ const ANON_LIMITS = config.anonRateLimit
 const WHITELIST_DOMAINS = config.whitelistDomains
 const WHITELIST_POINTS_TO_CONSUME = config.whitelistRateLimit
 const POINTS_PER_MINUTE = config.pointsPerMinute
-const INTERNAL_POINTS_TO_CONSUME = 10
+const INTERNAL_POINTS_TO_CONSUME = config.internalRateLimit
 
 class RateLimits {
   constructor () {