diff --git a/searxng/limiter.toml b/searxng/limiter.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7bfbfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/searxng/limiter.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# This configuration file updates the default configuration file
+# See https://github.com/searxng/searxng/blob/master/searx/botdetection/limiter.toml
+
+[botdetection.ip_limit]
+# activate link_token method in the ip_limit method
+link_token = true
diff --git a/searxng/settings.yml b/searxng/settings.yml
index 232639f..8746b4b 100644
--- a/searxng/settings.yml
+++ b/searxng/settings.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ server:
   secret_key: "ultrasecretkey"  # change this!
   limiter: true  # can be disabled for a private instance
   image_proxy: true
+  limiter: true
 ui:
   static_use_hash: true
 redis: