diff --git a/config/initializers/rack_attack.rb b/config/initializers/rack_attack.rb
index c3733e377f..e15c845302 100644
--- a/config/initializers/rack_attack.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/rack_attack.rb
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ class Rack::Attack
   API_DELETE_REBLOG_REGEX = /\A\/api\/v1\/statuses\/[\d]+\/unreblog/.freeze
   API_DELETE_STATUS_REGEX = /\A\/api\/v1\/statuses\/[\d]+/.freeze
 
-  throttle('throttle_api_delete', limit: 30, period: 30.minutes) do |req|
+  #throttle('throttle_api_delete', limit: 30, period: 30.minutes) do |req|
+  throttle('throttle_api_delete', limit: 300, period: 5.minutes) do |req| # deletion rate limit patch
     req.authenticated_user_id if (req.post? && req.path.match?(API_DELETE_REBLOG_REGEX)) || (req.delete? && req.path.match?(API_DELETE_STATUS_REGEX))
   end