diff --git a/src/main/resources/messagedb.xml b/src/main/resources/messagedb.xml
index 95223508c..3c09edf5c 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/messagedb.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/messagedb.xml
@@ -69,4 +69,10 @@
CREATE RULE bounded_message_queue AS ON INSERT TO messages DO ALSO DELETE FROM messages WHERE id IN (SELECT id FROM messages WHERE destination = NEW.destination AND destination_device = NEW.destination_device ORDER BY timestamp DESC OFFSET 5000);
+
+ DROP RULE bounded_message_queue ON messages;
+ CREATE RULE bounded_message_queue AS ON INSERT TO messages DO ALSO DELETE FROM messages WHERE id IN (SELECT id FROM messages WHERE destination = NEW.destination AND destination_device = NEW.destination_device ORDER BY timestamp DESC OFFSET 1000);
+
+
+