diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix
index 352899c..ff07f0f 100644
--- a/configuration.nix
+++ b/configuration.nix
@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@
     cpuFreqGovernor = "powersave";
   };
 
+  # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/101459#issuecomment-758306434
+  security.pam.loginLimits = [
+    {
+      domain = "*";
+      type = "soft";
+      item = "nofile";
+      value = "4096";
+    }
+  ];
+
   nix = {
     # optimize the store
     optimise.automatic = true;