diff --git a/src/js/ripple/remote.js b/src/js/ripple/remote.js
index e7e19ab6..3c5087b9 100644
--- a/src/js/ripple/remote.js
+++ b/src/js/ripple/remote.js
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ function Remote(opts, trace) {
   this.fee_cushion = (typeof opts.fee_cushion === 'number') ? opts.fee_cushion : 1.2;
   this.max_fee = (typeof opts.max_fee === 'number') ? opts.max_fee : Infinity;
 
+  this.max_attempts = (typeof opts.max_attempts === 'number') ? opts.max_attempts : 10;
+
   this._ledger_current_index = void(0);
   this._ledger_hash = void(0);
   this._ledger_time = void(0);
diff --git a/src/js/ripple/transactionmanager.js b/src/js/ripple/transactionmanager.js
index c4c5287f..0f48769f 100644
--- a/src/js/ripple/transactionmanager.js
+++ b/src/js/ripple/transactionmanager.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ function TransactionManager(account) {
   this._remote            = account._remote;
   this._nextSequence      = void(0);
   this._maxFee            = this._remote.max_fee;
+  this._maxAttempts       = this._remote.max_attempts;
   this._submissionTimeout = this._remote._submission_timeout;
   this._pending           = new PendingQueue();
 
@@ -344,7 +345,7 @@ TransactionManager.prototype._request = function(tx) {
   var self   = this;
   var remote = this._remote;
 
-  if (tx.attempts > 10) {
+  if (tx.attempts > this._maxAttempts) {
     return tx.emit('error', new RippleError('tejAttemptsExceeded'));
   }