diff --git a/command/Cargo.lock b/command/Cargo.lock
index 805c7a03..e3420d0f 100644
--- a/command/Cargo.lock
+++ b/command/Cargo.lock
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "either"
-version = "1.12.0"
+version = "1.13.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3dca9240753cf90908d7e4aac30f630662b02aebaa1b58a3cadabdb23385b58b"
+checksum = "60b1af1c220855b6ceac025d3f6ecdd2b7c4894bfe9cd9bda4fbb4bc7c0d4cf0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "encode_unicode"
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
-version = "0.4.21"
+version = "0.4.22"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "90ed8c1e510134f979dbc4f070f87d4313098b704861a105fe34231c70a3901c"
+checksum = "a7a70ba024b9dc04c27ea2f0c0548feb474ec5c54bba33a7f72f873a39d07b24"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
@@ -188,9 +188,9 @@ checksum = "3fdb12b2476b595f9358c5161aa467c2438859caa136dec86c26fdd2efe17b92"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "portable-atomic"
-version = "1.6.0"
+version = "1.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7170ef9988bc169ba16dd36a7fa041e5c4cbeb6a35b76d4c03daded371eae7c0"
+checksum = "da544ee218f0d287a911e9c99a39a8c9bc8fcad3cb8db5959940044ecfc67265"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
@@ -218,29 +218,29 @@ checksum = "f3cb5ba0dc43242ce17de99c180e96db90b235b8a9fdc9543c96d2209116bd9f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.203"
+version = "1.0.204"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7253ab4de971e72fb7be983802300c30b5a7f0c2e56fab8abfc6a214307c0094"
+checksum = "bc76f558e0cbb2a839d37354c575f1dc3fdc6546b5be373ba43d95f231bf7c12"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
-version = "1.0.203"
+version = "1.0.204"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "500cbc0ebeb6f46627f50f3f5811ccf6bf00643be300b4c3eabc0ef55dc5b5ba"
+checksum = "e0cd7e117be63d3c3678776753929474f3b04a43a080c744d6b0ae2a8c28e222"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.67",
+ "syn 2.0.71",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
-version = "1.0.117"
+version = "1.0.120"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "455182ea6142b14f93f4bc5320a2b31c1f266b66a4a5c858b013302a5d8cbfc3"
+checksum = "4e0d21c9a8cae1235ad58a00c11cb40d4b1e5c784f1ef2c537876ed6ffd8b7c5"
 dependencies = [
  "itoa",
  "ryu",
@@ -275,9 +275,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "2.0.67"
+version = "2.0.71"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ff8655ed1d86f3af4ee3fd3263786bc14245ad17c4c7e85ba7187fb3ae028c90"
+checksum = "b146dcf730474b4bcd16c311627b31ede9ab149045db4d6088b3becaea046462"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -297,29 +297,29 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
-version = "1.0.61"
+version = "1.0.63"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c546c80d6be4bc6a00c0f01730c08df82eaa7a7a61f11d656526506112cc1709"
+checksum = "c0342370b38b6a11b6cc11d6a805569958d54cfa061a29969c3b5ce2ea405724"
 dependencies = [
  "thiserror-impl",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror-impl"
-version = "1.0.61"
+version = "1.0.63"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "46c3384250002a6d5af4d114f2845d37b57521033f30d5c3f46c4d70e1197533"
+checksum = "a4558b58466b9ad7ca0f102865eccc95938dca1a74a856f2b57b6629050da261"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.67",
+ "syn 2.0.71",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "toml"
-version = "0.8.14"
+version = "0.8.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6f49eb2ab21d2f26bd6db7bf383edc527a7ebaee412d17af4d40fdccd442f335"
+checksum = "ac2caab0bf757388c6c0ae23b3293fdb463fee59434529014f85e3263b995c28"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_spanned",
@@ -338,9 +338,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "toml_edit"
-version = "0.22.14"
+version = "0.22.16"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f21c7aaf97f1bd9ca9d4f9e73b0a6c74bd5afef56f2bc931943a6e1c37e04e38"
+checksum = "278f3d518e152219c994ce877758516bca5e118eaed6996192a774fb9fbf0788"
 dependencies = [
  "indexmap",
  "serde",
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ version = "0.52.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "282be5f36a8ce781fad8c8ae18fa3f9beff57ec1b52cb3de0789201425d9a33d"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-targets 0.52.5",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -402,18 +402,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-targets"
-version = "0.52.5"
+version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6f0713a46559409d202e70e28227288446bf7841d3211583a4b53e3f6d96e7eb"
+checksum = "9b724f72796e036ab90c1021d4780d4d3d648aca59e491e6b98e725b84e99973"
 dependencies = [
- "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.52.5",
- "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.52.5",
- "windows_i686_gnu 0.52.5",
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.52.6",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.52.6",
+ "windows_i686_gnu 0.52.6",
  "windows_i686_gnullvm",
- "windows_i686_msvc 0.52.5",
- "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.52.5",
- "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.52.5",
- "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.52.5",
+ "windows_i686_msvc 0.52.6",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.52.6",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.52.6",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.52.6",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -424,9 +424,9 @@ checksum = "2b38e32f0abccf9987a4e3079dfb67dcd799fb61361e53e2882c3cbaf0d905d8"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
-version = "0.52.5"
+version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7088eed71e8b8dda258ecc8bac5fb1153c5cffaf2578fc8ff5d61e23578d3263"
+checksum = "32a4622180e7a0ec044bb555404c800bc9fd9ec262ec147edd5989ccd0c02cd3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
@@ -436,9 +436,9 @@ checksum = "dc35310971f3b2dbbf3f0690a219f40e2d9afcf64f9ab7cc1be722937c26b4bc"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
-version = "0.52.5"
+version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9985fd1504e250c615ca5f281c3f7a6da76213ebd5ccc9561496568a2752afb6"
+checksum = "09ec2a7bb152e2252b53fa7803150007879548bc709c039df7627cabbd05d469"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_gnu"
@@ -448,15 +448,15 @@ checksum = "a75915e7def60c94dcef72200b9a8e58e5091744960da64ec734a6c6e9b3743e"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_gnu"
-version = "0.52.5"
+version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "88ba073cf16d5372720ec942a8ccbf61626074c6d4dd2e745299726ce8b89670"
+checksum = "8e9b5ad5ab802e97eb8e295ac6720e509ee4c243f69d781394014ebfe8bbfa0b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_gnullvm"
-version = "0.52.5"
+version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "87f4261229030a858f36b459e748ae97545d6f1ec60e5e0d6a3d32e0dc232ee9"
+checksum = "0eee52d38c090b3caa76c563b86c3a4bd71ef1a819287c19d586d7334ae8ed66"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_msvc"
@@ -466,9 +466,9 @@ checksum = "8f55c233f70c4b27f66c523580f78f1004e8b5a8b659e05a4eb49d4166cca406"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_msvc"
-version = "0.52.5"
+version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "db3c2bf3d13d5b658be73463284eaf12830ac9a26a90c717b7f771dfe97487bf"
+checksum = "240948bc05c5e7c6dabba28bf89d89ffce3e303022809e73deaefe4f6ec56c66"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
@@ -478,9 +478,9 @@ checksum = "53d40abd2583d23e4718fddf1ebec84dbff8381c07cae67ff7768bbf19c6718e"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
-version = "0.52.5"
+version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4e4246f76bdeff09eb48875a0fd3e2af6aada79d409d33011886d3e1581517d9"
+checksum = "147a5c80aabfbf0c7d901cb5895d1de30ef2907eb21fbbab29ca94c5b08b1a78"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
@@ -490,9 +490,9 @@ checksum = "0b7b52767868a23d5bab768e390dc5f5c55825b6d30b86c844ff2dc7414044cc"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
-version = "0.52.5"
+version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "852298e482cd67c356ddd9570386e2862b5673c85bd5f88df9ab6802b334c596"
+checksum = "24d5b23dc417412679681396f2b49f3de8c1473deb516bd34410872eff51ed0d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
@@ -502,15 +502,15 @@ checksum = "ed94fce61571a4006852b7389a063ab983c02eb1bb37b47f8272ce92d06d9538"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
-version = "0.52.5"
+version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bec47e5bfd1bff0eeaf6d8b485cc1074891a197ab4225d504cb7a1ab88b02bf0"
+checksum = "589f6da84c646204747d1270a2a5661ea66ed1cced2631d546fdfb155959f9ec"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "winnow"
-version = "0.6.13"
+version = "0.6.14"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "59b5e5f6c299a3c7890b876a2a587f3115162487e704907d9b6cd29473052ba1"
+checksum = "374ec40a2d767a3c1b4972d9475ecd557356637be906f2cb3f7fe17a6eb5e22f"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
@@ -532,5 +532,5 @@ checksum = "ce36e65b0d2999d2aafac989fb249189a141aee1f53c612c1f37d72631959f69"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.67",
+ "syn 2.0.71",
 ]
diff --git a/command/src/main.rs b/command/src/main.rs
index eb4f0489..b80aaf05 100644
--- a/command/src/main.rs
+++ b/command/src/main.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ struct Config {
     setup_database: Option<bool>,
     setup_bbppairings: Option<bool>,
     enable_monitoring: Option<bool>,
+    enable_rate_limiting: Option<bool>,
     su_password: Option<String>,
     password: Option<String>,
     setup_api_tokens: Option<bool>,
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ impl Config {
             setup_database,
             setup_bbppairings,
             enable_monitoring,
+            enable_rate_limiting,
             su_password,
             password,
             setup_api_tokens,
@@ -100,6 +102,7 @@ impl Config {
             to_env!(setup_database),
             to_env!(setup_bbppairings),
             to_env!(enable_monitoring),
+            to_env!(enable_rate_limiting),
             to_env!(su_password),
             to_env!(password),
             to_env!(setup_api_tokens),
@@ -199,6 +202,12 @@ struct OptionalService<'a> {
     repositories: Option<Vec<Repository>>,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
+enum Setting {
+    SetupDatabase,
+    EnableRateLimiting,
+}
+
 fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
     let args: Vec<String> = std::env::args().collect();
     assert!(args.len() > 1, "Missing command");
@@ -237,24 +246,18 @@ fn setup(mut config: Config, first_setup: bool) -> std::io::Result<()> {
             "NOTE: This will not remove any existing services that may be running.\nOnly the newly selected ones will be added."
         )?;
     }
-    let services = prompt_for_optional_services()?;
+    let services = prompt_for_services()?;
 
-    let setup_database = confirm(if first_setup {
-        "Do you want to seed the database with test users, games, etc? (Recommended)"
-    } else {
-        "Do you want to re-seed the database with test users, games, etc?"
-    })
-    .initial_value(first_setup)
-    .interact()?;
+    let options = prompt_for_options(first_setup)?;
 
-    let (su_password, password) = if setup_database {
+    let (su_password, password) = if options.contains(&Setting::SetupDatabase) {
         (pwd_input("admin")?, pwd_input("regular")?)
     } else {
         (DEFAULT_PASSWORD.to_string(), DEFAULT_PASSWORD.to_string())
     };
 
     config.setup_api_tokens = Some(
-        setup_database
+        options.contains(&Setting::SetupDatabase)
             && if password != "password" || su_password != "password" {
                 confirm("Do you want to setup default API tokens for the admin and regular users? Will be created with `lip_{username}` format")
         .interact()?
@@ -263,7 +266,8 @@ fn setup(mut config: Config, first_setup: bool) -> std::io::Result<()> {
             },
     );
 
-    config.setup_database = Some(setup_database);
+    config.setup_database = Some(options.contains(&Setting::SetupDatabase));
+    config.enable_rate_limiting = Some(options.contains(&Setting::EnableRateLimiting));
     config.su_password = Some(su_password);
     config.password = Some(password);
 
@@ -318,7 +322,7 @@ fn setup(mut config: Config, first_setup: bool) -> std::io::Result<()> {
         Repository::new("lichess-org", "lila-ws"),
     ];
 
-    if setup_database {
+    if options.contains(&Setting::SetupDatabase) {
         repos_to_clone.push(Repository::new("lichess-org", "lila-db-seed"));
     }
 
@@ -439,7 +443,7 @@ fn gitpod_checkout_pr() -> std::io::Result<()> {
 }
 
 #[allow(clippy::too_many_lines)]
-fn prompt_for_optional_services() -> Result<Vec<OptionalService<'static>>, Error> {
+fn prompt_for_services() -> Result<Vec<OptionalService<'static>>, Error> {
     multiselect(
         "Select which optional services to include:\n    (Use arrows, <space> to toggle, <enter> to continue)\n",
     )
@@ -591,6 +595,31 @@ fn prompt_for_optional_services() -> Result<Vec<OptionalService<'static>>, Error
     .interact()
 }
 
+fn prompt_for_options(first_setup: bool) -> Result<Vec<Setting>, Error> {
+    multiselect("Select options:\n")
+        .required(false)
+        .item(
+            Setting::SetupDatabase,
+            if first_setup {
+                "Seed the database with test users, games, etc. (Recommended)"
+            } else {
+                "Re-seed the database with test users, games, etc."
+            },
+            "",
+        )
+        .item(
+            Setting::EnableRateLimiting,
+            "Enable rate limiting",
+            "To be prod-like. Can be disabled for development/testing purposes",
+        )
+        .initial_values(if first_setup {
+            vec![Setting::SetupDatabase, Setting::EnableRateLimiting]
+        } else {
+            vec![Setting::EnableRateLimiting]
+        })
+        .interact()
+}
+
 fn hostname(mut config: Config) -> std::io::Result<()> {
     if Gitpod::is_host() {
         return error("Setting of hostname not available on Gitpod");
@@ -771,6 +800,7 @@ mod tests {
             setup_database: Some(true),
             setup_bbppairings: Some(false),
             enable_monitoring: Some(false),
+            enable_rate_limiting: Some(true),
             su_password: Some("foo".to_string()),
             password: Some("bar".to_string()),
             setup_api_tokens: Some(false),
@@ -790,6 +820,7 @@ mod tests {
                 "SETUP_DATABASE=true",
                 "SETUP_BBPPAIRINGS=false",
                 "ENABLE_MONITORING=false",
+                "ENABLE_RATE_LIMITING=true",
                 "SU_PASSWORD=foo",
                 "PASSWORD=bar",
                 "SETUP_API_TOKENS=false",
@@ -811,6 +842,7 @@ mod tests {
             setup_database: None,
             setup_bbppairings: None,
             enable_monitoring: None,
+            enable_rate_limiting: None,
             su_password: None,
             password: None,
             setup_api_tokens: None,
diff --git a/conf/lila.conf b/conf/lila.conf
index 85853027..6858f5f4 100644
--- a/conf/lila.conf
+++ b/conf/lila.conf
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ net.socket.domains = [ ${?LILA_DOMAIN} ]
 net.asset.base_url = ${?LILA_URL}
 net.asset.base_url_internal = "http://nginx"
 net.base_url = ${?LILA_URL}
-# net.ratelimit = false
+net.ratelimit = ${?ENABLE_RATE_LIMITING}
 
 mongodb.uri = "mongodb://mongodb?appName=lila"
 redis.uri = "redis://redis"
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index a54f306a..2303248d 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ services:
       - LILA_DOMAIN=${LILA_DOMAIN:-localhost:8080}
       - LILA_URL=${LILA_URL:-http://localhost:8080}
       - ENABLE_MONITORING=${ENABLE_MONITORING:-false}
+      - ENABLE_RATE_LIMITING=${ENABLE_RATE_LIMITING:-true}
     volumes:
       - ./repos/lila:/lila
       - ./repos/chessground:/chessground