diff --git a/ansible/templates/env b/ansible/templates/env
index c3f8c06a3..6ffa6819e 100644
--- a/ansible/templates/env
+++ b/ansible/templates/env
@@ -2,3 +2,9 @@ DOMAIN={{ domain }}
 DATABASE_PASSWORD={{ postgres_password }}
 DATABASE_URL=postgres://lemmy:{{ postgres_password }}@lemmy_db:5432/lemmy
 JWT_SECRET={{ jwt_password }}
+RATE_LIMIT_MESSAGE=30
+RATE_LIMIT_MESSAGE_PER_SECOND=60
+RATE_LIMIT_POST=3
+RATE_LIMIT_POST_PER_SECOND=600
+RATE_LIMIT_REGISTER=1
+RATE_LIMIT_REGISTER_PER_SECOND=3600