diff --git a/backend/internal/services/security_service.go b/backend/internal/services/security_service.go
index dc8b4e39..5fe756e8 100644
--- a/backend/internal/services/security_service.go
+++ b/backend/internal/services/security_service.go
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ func (s *SecurityService) Upsert(cfg *models.SecurityConfig) error {
 	existing.WAFParanoiaLevel = cfg.WAFParanoiaLevel
 	existing.WAFExclusions = cfg.WAFExclusions
 	existing.RateLimitEnable = cfg.RateLimitEnable
+	existing.RateLimitMode = cfg.RateLimitMode
 	existing.RateLimitBurst = cfg.RateLimitBurst
 	existing.RateLimitRequests = cfg.RateLimitRequests
 	existing.RateLimitWindowSec = cfg.RateLimitWindowSec
diff --git a/scripts/rate_limit_integration.sh b/scripts/rate_limit_integration.sh
index eba9bf35..3b91405e 100755
--- a/scripts/rate_limit_integration.sh
+++ b/scripts/rate_limit_integration.sh
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ SEC_CFG_PAYLOAD=$(cat <<EOF
     "name": "default",
     "enabled": true,
     "rate_limit_mode": "enabled",
+    "rate_limit_enable": true,
     "rate_limit_requests": ${RATE_LIMIT_REQUESTS},
     "rate_limit_window_sec": ${RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW_SEC},
     "rate_limit_burst": ${RATE_LIMIT_BURST},