diff --git a/lib/validators/integer_setting_validator.rb b/lib/validators/integer_setting_validator.rb
index 48a8d6ca7a1..630f3c08e31 100644
--- a/lib/validators/integer_setting_validator.rb
+++ b/lib/validators/integer_setting_validator.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ class IntegerSettingValidator
   def initialize(opts = {})
     @opts = opts
     @opts[:min] = 0 unless @opts[:min].present? || @opts[:hidden]
-    @opts[:max] = 20000 unless @opts[:max].present? || @opts[:hidden]
+    # set max closer to a long int
+    @opts[:max] = 2_000_000_000 unless @opts[:max].present? || @opts[:hidden]
   end
 
   def valid_value?(val)