diff --git a/src/middleware/rateLimiter.ts b/src/middleware/rateLimiter.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7a91e82b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/middleware/rateLimiter.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import rateLimit from 'express-rate-limit';
+import { Express } from '../types';
+
+export const rateLimiter: Express.MiddleWare = rateLimit({
+  windowMs: 15 * 60 * 1000, // 15 minutes in milliseconds
+  max: 20,
+  message: 'Too many requests, please try again later',
+  standardHeaders: true,
+  legacyHeaders: false,
+});
diff --git a/src/routers/router.ts b/src/routers/router.ts
index c67bd8f9..8bb832b7 100644
--- a/src/routers/router.ts
+++ b/src/routers/router.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import express from 'express';
-import rateLimit from 'express-rate-limit';
 import { Express } from '../types';
 import { getWords, getWord } from '../controllers/words';
 import { getExamples, getExample } from '../controllers/examples';
@@ -11,25 +10,18 @@ import validateApiKey from '../middleware/validateApiKey';
 import validateAdminApiKey from '../middleware/validateAdminApiKey';
 import attachRedisClient from '../middleware/attachRedisClient';
 import analytics from '../middleware/analytics';
+import { rateLimiter } from '../middleware/rateLimiter';
 
 const router = express.Router();
 
-const FIFTEEN_MINUTES = 15 * 60 * 1000;
-const REQUESTS_PER_MS = 20;
-const createDeveloperLimiter: Express.MiddleWare = rateLimit({
-  windowMs: FIFTEEN_MINUTES,
-  max: REQUESTS_PER_MS,
-});
-
-// Google Analytics
-router.use(analytics);
+router.use(analytics, rateLimiter);
 
 router.get('/words', validateApiKey, attachRedisClient, getWords);
 router.get('/words/:id', validateApiKey, validId, attachRedisClient, getWord);
 router.get('/examples', validateApiKey, attachRedisClient, getExamples);
 router.get('/examples/:id', validateApiKey, validId, attachRedisClient, getExample);
 
-router.post('/developers', createDeveloperLimiter, validateDeveloperBody, postDeveloper);
+router.post('/developers', validateDeveloperBody, postDeveloper);
 
 router.get('/stats', validateAdminApiKey, attachRedisClient, getStats);
 
diff --git a/src/routers/routerV2.ts b/src/routers/routerV2.ts
index 80980a17..d5667347 100644
--- a/src/routers/routerV2.ts
+++ b/src/routers/routerV2.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@ import validId from '../middleware/validId';
 import validateApiKey from '../middleware/validateApiKey';
 import analytics from '../middleware/analytics';
 import attachRedisClient from '../middleware/attachRedisClient';
+import { rateLimiter } from '../middleware/rateLimiter';
 
 const routerV2 = express.Router();
 
+routerV2.use(rateLimiter);
+
 routerV2.get('/words', analytics, validateApiKey, attachRedisClient, getWords);
 routerV2.get('/words/:id', analytics, validateApiKey, validId, attachRedisClient, getWord);
 routerV2.get('/examples', analytics, validateApiKey, attachRedisClient, getExamples);