diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index 61f46a7..2c36215 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ template "/etc/strfry.conf" do
     bind: node["strfry"]["bind_ip"],
     real_ip_header: node["strfry"]["real_ip_header"],
     port: node["strfry"]["port"],
+    nofiles: node["strfry"]["nofiles"],
     info: node["strfry"]["info"]
   }
   notifies :restart, "service[strfry]", :delayed
diff --git a/templates/default/strfry.conf.erb b/templates/default/strfry.conf.erb
index 00fe559..146caa8 100644
--- a/templates/default/strfry.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/default/strfry.conf.erb
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ relay {
     port = <%= @config[:port] || "7777" %>
 
     # Set OS-limit on maximum number of open files/sockets (if 0, don't attempt to set) (restart required)
-    nofiles = 1000000
+    nofiles = <%= @config[:nofiles] || "524288" %>
 
     # HTTP header that contains the client's real IP, before reverse proxying (ie x-real-ip) (MUST be all lower-case)
     realIpHeader = "<%= @config[:real_ip_header] %>"