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 ## Getting Started
 
 Some notes:
-- A rate limit is initialized to a default of 10 concurrent requests.
+- A rate limit is initialized to a default of 50 concurrent requests.
 - You may change this limit by making a `POST` to `http://localhost:8080/limit` with the following payload:
 ```
 {"limit":10}