diff --git a/src/main.py b/src/main.py
index 0f1bbf0..1e72219 100644
--- a/src/main.py
+++ b/src/main.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
 from pydantic import ValidationError
 from slowapi import _rate_limit_exceeded_handler
 from slowapi.errors import RateLimitExceeded
+from slowapi.middleware import SlowAPIMiddleware
 from sqlalchemy import inspect
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import async_scoped_session
 from sqlalchemy.orm import scoped_session
@@ -55,6 +56,8 @@ app.add_exception_handler(RateLimitExceeded, handle_exception)
 
 app.state.limiter = limiter
 app.add_middleware(GZipMiddleware, minimum_size=1000)
+app.add_middleware(SlowAPIMiddleware)
+
 # credentials: "include",
 
 
diff --git a/src/rate_limiter.py b/src/rate_limiter.py
index 38404a8..555e2ac 100644
--- a/src/rate_limiter.py
+++ b/src/rate_limiter.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 from slowapi import Limiter
 from slowapi.util import get_remote_address
 
-limiter = Limiter(key_func=get_remote_address)
+limiter = Limiter(
+    key_func=get_remote_address,
+    default_limits=["20000 per hour", "100000 per day"]
+)