diff --git a/backend/src/helpers/rateLimiter.ts b/backend/src/helpers/rateLimiter.ts
index 9e9d022ebb..123b230a49 100644
--- a/backend/src/helpers/rateLimiter.ts
+++ b/backend/src/helpers/rateLimiter.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 import rateLimit from 'express-rate-limit';
-const MongoStore = require('rate-limit-mongo');
+// const MongoStore = require('rate-limit-mongo');
 
 // 200 per minute
 export const apiLimiter = rateLimit({
-  store: new MongoStore({
-    uri: process.env.MONGO_URL,
-    expireTimeMs: 1000 * 60,
-    collectionName: "expressRateRecords-apiLimiter",
-    errorHandler: console.error.bind(null, 'rate-limit-mongo')
-  }),
-  windowMs: 1000 * 60,
-  max: 200,
+  // store: new MongoStore({
+  //   uri: process.env.MONGO_URL,
+  //   expireTimeMs: 1000 * 60,
+  //   collectionName: "expressRateRecords-apiLimiter",
+  //   errorHandler: console.error.bind(null, 'rate-limit-mongo')
+  // }),
+  windowMs: 60 * 1000,
+  max: 240,
   standardHeaders: true,
   legacyHeaders: false,
   skip: (request) => {
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ export const apiLimiter = rateLimit({
 
 // 50 requests per 1 hours
 const authLimit = rateLimit({
-  store: new MongoStore({
-    uri: process.env.MONGO_URL,
-    expireTimeMs: 1000 * 60 * 60,
-    errorHandler: console.error.bind(null, 'rate-limit-mongo'),
-    collectionName: "expressRateRecords-authLimit",
-  }),
-  windowMs: 1000 * 60 * 60,
-  max: 50,
+  // store: new MongoStore({
+  //   uri: process.env.MONGO_URL,
+  //   expireTimeMs: 1000 * 60 * 60,
+  //   errorHandler: console.error.bind(null, 'rate-limit-mongo'),
+  //   collectionName: "expressRateRecords-authLimit",
+  // }),
+  windowMs: 60 * 1000,
+  max: 10,
   standardHeaders: true,
   legacyHeaders: false,
   keyGenerator: (req, res) => {
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ const authLimit = rateLimit({
 
 // 5 requests per 1 hour
 export const passwordLimiter = rateLimit({
-  store: new MongoStore({
-    uri: process.env.MONGO_URL,
-    expireTimeMs: 1000 * 60 * 60,
-    errorHandler: console.error.bind(null, 'rate-limit-mongo'),
-    collectionName: "expressRateRecords-passwordLimiter",
-  }),
-  windowMs: 1000 * 60 * 60,
-  max: 5,
+  // store: new MongoStore({
+  //   uri: process.env.MONGO_URL,
+  //   expireTimeMs: 1000 * 60 * 60,
+  //   errorHandler: console.error.bind(null, 'rate-limit-mongo'),
+  //   collectionName: "expressRateRecords-passwordLimiter",
+  // }),
+  windowMs: 60 * 60 * 1000,
+  max: 10,
   standardHeaders: true,
   legacyHeaders: false,
   keyGenerator: (req, res) => {