diff --git a/app/settings.py b/app/settings.py
index 699aa74..ec72ad7 100644
--- a/app/settings.py
+++ b/app/settings.py
@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@ def load_settings(require_secrets: bool = True) -> Settings:
         download_success_max_pages=_int_value(config, "DOWNLOAD_SUCCESS_MAX_PAGES", 100),
         config_file_loaded=loaded_path,
     )
+    settings.crawler_max_pages = max(settings.crawler_max_pages, 400)
+    settings.download_success_max_pages = max(settings.download_success_max_pages, 100)
+
     if require_secrets:
         missing = []
         required_names = [