diff --git a/.dev-tools/globalblacklist.template b/.dev-tools/globalblacklist.template
index 8643f4428..ed3c2d636 100755
--- a/.dev-tools/globalblacklist.template
+++ b/.dev-tools/globalblacklist.template
@@ -17994,7 +17994,7 @@ geo $ratelimited {
 # Rate limiting will only take effect if on any User-Agents with a value of 2
 
 	limit_conn_zone $bot_iplimit zone=bot2_connlimit:16m;
-	limit_req_zone  $bot_iplimit zone=bot2_reqlimitip:16m  rate=30r/m;
+	limit_req_zone  $bot_iplimit zone=bot2_reqlimitip:16m  rate=2r/s;
 
 # ==========================================
 # END SECTION 4 - ACTIVATE BLOCKER FUNCTIONS
diff --git a/.dev-tools/test-blocker-rate-limiting.sh b/.dev-tools/test-blocker-rate-limiting.sh
index 6db42e4c1..7260900de 100755
--- a/.dev-tools/test-blocker-rate-limiting.sh
+++ b/.dev-tools/test-blocker-rate-limiting.sh
@@ -100,6 +100,71 @@ curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
 curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
 curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
 curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
+curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} &
 curl -A "GoogleBot" http://localhost:9000 2>&1 >> ${ratelimittestfile} 
 
 if grep -i 'Unavailable' < ${ratelimittestfile}; then