diff --git a/applications/minotari_node/src/config.rs b/applications/minotari_node/src/config.rs
index 26f345108d4..4d532d21330 100644
--- a/applications/minotari_node/src/config.rs
+++ b/applications/minotari_node/src/config.rs
@@ -147,7 +147,9 @@ impl Default for BaseNodeConfig {
         let p2p = P2pConfig {
             enable_relay: true,
             enable_mdns: true,
-            max_inbound_connections_per_peer: Some(5),
+            // We hsould reduce this to something like 5 - however there seems (unconfirmed) to be an issue in some
+            // behaviours when the limit is hit (continuous connection closing)
+            max_inbound_connections_per_peer: Some(50),
             ..Default::default()
         };