diff --git a/radicle-httpd/src/api/v1/profile.rs b/radicle-httpd/src/api/v1/profile.rs
index 6f4d6cd53..ce703c0dd 100644
--- a/radicle-httpd/src/api/v1/profile.rs
+++ b/radicle-httpd/src/api/v1/profile.rs
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ mod routes {
                     "routingMaxAge": 604800,
                     "gossipMaxAge": 1209600,
                     "fetchConcurrency": 1,
+                    "maxOpenFiles": 4096,
                     "rate": {
                       "inbound": {
                         "fillRate": 0.2,