diff --git a/core/admin/mailu/configuration.py b/core/admin/mailu/configuration.py
index a4c8c537..e18eb0b2 100644
--- a/core/admin/mailu/configuration.py
+++ b/core/admin/mailu/configuration.py
@@ -151,8 +151,9 @@ class ConfigManager:
             template = self.DB_TEMPLATES[self.config['DB_FLAVOR']]
             self.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = template.format(**self.config)
 
-        self.config['RATELIMIT_STORAGE_URL'] = f'redis://{self.config["REDIS_ADDRESS"]}/2'
-        self.config['QUOTA_STORAGE_URL'] = f'redis://{self.config["REDIS_ADDRESS"]}/1'
+# remove?        self.config['QUOTA_STORAGE_URL'] = f'redis://{self.config["REDIS_ADDRESS"]}/1'
+        if not self.config.get('RATELIMIT_STORAGE_URL'):
+            self.config['RATELIMIT_STORAGE_URL'] = f'redis://{self.config["REDIS_ADDRESS"]}/2'
         self.config['SESSION_STORAGE_URL'] = f'redis://{self.config["REDIS_ADDRESS"]}/3'
         self.config['SESSION_COOKIE_SAMESITE'] = 'Strict'
         self.config['SESSION_COOKIE_HTTPONLY'] = True
diff --git a/core/admin/run_dev.sh b/core/admin/run_dev.sh
index fc553cc4..62919f6f 100755
--- a/core/admin/run_dev.sh
+++ b/core/admin/run_dev.sh
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ RUN set -euxo pipefail \
 
 ENV FLASK_ENV=development
 ENV MEMORY_SESSIONS=true
+ENV RATELIMIT_STORAGE_URL="memory://"
 ENV SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE=false
 
 ENV DEBUG=true