diff --git a/hosts/hydrogen/services/fail2ban/default.nix b/hosts/hydrogen/services/fail2ban/default.nix
index ce97121..018204d 100644
--- a/hosts/hydrogen/services/fail2ban/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/hydrogen/services/fail2ban/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { ... }: {
   services.fail2ban = {
     enable = true;
-    maxretry = 5;
+    maxretry = 3;
+    bantime = "1h";
   };
 }