diff --git a/backend/backend/settings/deps/restframework.py b/backend/backend/settings/deps/restframework.py
index e31ca8b78..c00461883 100644
--- a/backend/backend/settings/deps/restframework.py
+++ b/backend/backend/settings/deps/restframework.py
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
         'rest_framework.throttling.AnonRateThrottle',
     ],
     'DEFAULT_THROTTLE_RATES': {
-        'anon': '120/minute',
-        'login': '120/minute',
+        'anon': f'{os.environ.get("DEFAULT_THROTTLE_RATES", 40)}/minute',
+        'login': f'{os.environ.get("DEFAULT_THROTTLE_RATES", 40)}/minute',
     },
     'DEFAULT_PARSER_CLASSES': [
         'rest_framework.parsers.JSONParser',
diff --git a/skaffold.yaml b/skaffold.yaml
index 6e4275fd5..fc8b218e1 100644
--- a/skaffold.yaml
+++ b/skaffold.yaml
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ deploy:
             # Should be a json list
             - name: CORS_ORIGIN_WHITELIST
               value: '["http://substra-frontend.node-1.com/"]'
+            - name: DEFAULT_THROTTLE_RATES
+              value: '30'
 
       - name: backend-org-2
         chartPath: charts/substra-backend
@@ -194,6 +196,8 @@ deploy:
             # Should be a json list
             - name: CORS_ORIGIN_WHITELIST
               value: '["http://substra-frontend.node-2.com/"]'
+            - name: DEFAULT_THROTTLE_RATES
+              value: '30'
 
 profiles:
   - name: prod