diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 42589d05..2db48d38 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ const coreDNSConfigTemplate = `.:{{.Port}} {
 		{{end}}
     }{{end}}
     {{.Pprof}}
-    ratelimit 30
+    ratelimit
 	hosts {
         fallthrough
     }
diff --git a/coredns.go b/coredns.go
index c56a8f00..45854056 100644
--- a/coredns.go
+++ b/coredns.go
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ var directives = []string{
 	"prometheus",
 	"errors",
 	"log",
-	"dnsfilter",
 	"ratelimit",
+	"dnsfilter",
 	"dnstap",
 	"chaos",
 	"loadbalance",
diff --git a/coredns_plugin/ratelimit/ratelimit.go b/coredns_plugin/ratelimit/ratelimit.go
index fbfbc2f0..5d8abc70 100644
--- a/coredns_plugin/ratelimit/ratelimit.go
+++ b/coredns_plugin/ratelimit/ratelimit.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
 )
 
-const defaultRatelimit = 100
+const defaultRatelimit = 30
 const defaultResponseSize = 1000
 
 var (