diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index f24d4c9..fbe8edb 100644
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ufw enable
 sed -i -e '/^PermitRootLogin/s/^.*$/PermitRootLogin no/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
 sed -i -e '/^PasswordAuthentication/s/^.*$/PasswordAuthentication no/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
 sed -i -e '/^X11Forwarding/s/^.*$/X11Forwarding no/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
-sed -i -e '/^#MaxAuthTries/s/^.*$/MaxAuthTries 2/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
+sed -i -e '/^#MaxAuthTries/s/^.*$/MaxAuthTries 20/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
 sed -i -e '/^#AllowTcpForwarding/s/^.*$/AllowTcpForwarding no/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
 sed -i -e '/^#AllowAgentForwarding/s/^.*$/AllowAgentForwarding no/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
 sed -i -e '/^#AuthorizedKeysFile/s/^.*$/AuthorizedKeysFile .ssh\/authorized_keys/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config