diff --git a/cfg/rippled-example.cfg b/cfg/rippled-example.cfg
index 1ae87e11f79..79de9b23041 100644
--- a/cfg/rippled-example.cfg
+++ b/cfg/rippled-example.cfg
@@ -1641,6 +1641,7 @@ port = 6006
 ip = 127.0.0.1
 admin = 127.0.0.1
 protocol = ws
+send_queue_limit = 500
 
 [port_grpc]
 port = 50051
@@ -1651,6 +1652,7 @@ secure_gateway = 127.0.0.1
 #port = 6005
 #ip = 127.0.0.1
 #protocol = wss
+#send_queue_limit = 500
 
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