diff --git a/docs/config-description.md b/docs/config-description.md
index afcf971b..3180b3a5 100644
--- a/docs/config-description.md
+++ b/docs/config-description.md
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ This document provides a list of all available Clio configuration properties in
 
 - **Required**: True
 - **Type**: int
-- **Default value**: `1`
+- **Default value**: `1000`
 - **Constraints**: The minimum value is `1`. The maximum value is `4294967295`.
 - **Description**: The maximum size of the server's request queue. If set to `0`, this means there is no queue size limit.
 
diff --git a/docs/examples/config/example-config.json b/docs/examples/config/example-config.json
index 8fd1997a..aa7e92af 100644
--- a/docs/examples/config/example-config.json
+++ b/docs/examples/config/example-config.json
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     "ip": "0.0.0.0",
     "port": 51233,
     // Max number of requests to queue up before rejecting further requests.
-    // Defaults to 0, which disables the limit.
+    // Defaults to 1000 (use 0 to make the queue unbound).
     "max_queue_size": 500,
     // If request contains header with authorization, Clio will check if it matches the prefix 'Password ' + this value's sha256 hash
     // If matches, the request will be considered as admin request
diff --git a/src/util/config/ConfigDefinition.cpp b/src/util/config/ConfigDefinition.cpp
index 1f27a260..f571c883 100644
--- a/src/util/config/ConfigDefinition.cpp
+++ b/src/util/config/ConfigDefinition.cpp
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ getClioConfig()
               .withConstraint(gValidateUint32)},
          {"server.ip", ConfigValue{ConfigType::String}.withConstraint(gValidateIp)},
          {"server.port", ConfigValue{ConfigType::Integer}.withConstraint(gValidatePort)},
-         {"server.max_queue_size", ConfigValue{ConfigType::Integer}.defaultValue(1).withConstraint(gValidateUint32)},
+         {"server.max_queue_size", ConfigValue{ConfigType::Integer}.defaultValue(1000).withConstraint(gValidateUint32)},
          {"server.local_admin", ConfigValue{ConfigType::Boolean}.optional()},
          {"server.admin_password", ConfigValue{ConfigType::String}.optional()},
          {"server.processing_policy",