diff --git a/nginx.conf.sigil b/nginx.conf.sigil
index 941b5652..7bdf37a4 100644
--- a/nginx.conf.sigil
+++ b/nginx.conf.sigil
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ map $http_origin $allow_origin {
 proxy_cache_path /var/cache/nginx levels=1:2 keys_zone=my_cache:10m max_size=1g 
                  inactive=60m use_temp_path=off;
 limit_conn_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=addr:10m;
+limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=req_zone:10m rate=20r/s;
 
 {{ range $port_map := .PROXY_PORT_MAP | split " " }}
 {{ $port_map_list := $port_map | split ":" }}
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ server {
         keepalive_timeout   70;
         keepalive_requests 500;
         proxy_read_timeout 3600;
-        limit_conn addr 1000;
+        limit_conn addr 10000;
         client_max_body_size 100M;
     {{ end }}
 
@@ -61,7 +62,11 @@ server {
         proxy_cache_min_uses 2;
         proxy_cache_use_stale error timeout updating http_500 http_502 http_503 http_504;
         proxy_cache_background_update on;
-        proxy_cache_lock on;       
+        proxy_cache_lock on;
+
+        # Connections and request limits increase (bad for DDos)
+        limit_conn addr 10000;
+        limit_req zone=req_zone burst=10 nodelay;
     }
 
     # Custom location block for /upload