# How can I limit (or increase) the maximum of consumer flows that may bind to a queue?

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**Created:** [December 16, 2019, 9:39pm UTC](https://community.solace.com/t/how-can-i-limit-or-increase-the-maximum-of-consumer-flows-that-may-bind-to-a-queue/134 "2019-12-16T21:39:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 9:39pm UTC](https://community.solace.com/t/how-can-i-limit-or-increase-the-maximum-of-consumer-flows-that-may-bind-to-a-queue/134/1 "2019-12-16T21:39:19Z")

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To limit or increase the number of clients that can bind to a queue, you can set the max-bind-count on the queue.

By default that value is 1000. To change that value, issue the following CLI command:

```
  home > enable > configure > message-spool message-vpn VPNNAME > queue QNAME > max-bind-count <NEW-VALUE> > home

```

NEW-VALUE can be between 0 and 10,000.

To reset the value to the default of 1,000:

```
  home > enable > configure > message-spool message-vpn VPNNAME > queue QNAME > no max-bind-count > home

```

EXAMPLE:  
Here we are changing it from 1000 to 42:

```
  lab-130-41>
  lab-130-41> en
  lab-130-41# configure
  lab-130-41(configure)# message-spool message-vpn blue
  lab-130-41(configure/message-spool)# queue violetQ
  lab-130-41(configure/message-spool/queue)# max-bind-count 42

```

We can see the current value with the “show queue QNAME detail” command. There is lots of output - look for the line that says ‘Max Bind Count’.

```
lab-130-41(configure/message-spool/queue)# show queue violetQ detail
Name : violetQ
Message VPN : blue
Durability : Durable
...
Max Msg Size Allowed (B) : 10000000
Bind Count : 0
 >	Max Bind Count : 42
Topic Subscription Count : 0
Network Topic : #P2P/QUE/violetQ
...
lab-130-41(configure/message-spool/queue)# no max-bind-count

```