diff --git a/app/main/dao/services_dao.py b/app/main/dao/services_dao.py
index 77f6610dc..4104b0ff4 100644
--- a/app/main/dao/services_dao.py
+++ b/app/main/dao/services_dao.py
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
-from flask import url_for, abort
+from flask import url_for, abort, current_app
 from app import notifications_api_client
 from app.utils import BrowsableItem
 from notifications_python_client.errors import HTTPError
 
 
 def insert_new_service(service_name, user_id):
-    # Add a service with default attributes
-    # Should we try and handle exception here
     resp = notifications_api_client.create_service(
-        service_name, False, 1000, True, user_id)
+        service_name, False, current_app.config['DEFAULT_SERVICE_LIMIT'], True, user_id)
 
     return resp['data']['id']
 
diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index af641a7b7..ef8ced69b 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ class Config(object):
     DANGEROUS_SALT = 'itsdangeroussalt'
     TOKEN_MAX_AGE_SECONDS = 3600
 
+    DEFAULT_SERVICE_LIMIT = 50
+
     MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH = 10 * 1024 * 1024  # 10mb
     UPLOAD_FOLDER = '/tmp'