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@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ You can always switch this during the lifetime of the limiter:
limiter.enabled = False
```

#### Note: config file is set to ".env" by default. Therefore, if you have a .env file setup for something else already, specify the config_filename parameter
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This is the only section using 4# - - use use 2## to keep it consistent?
Consider moving this lower, to line 74, to keep it near another customization

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Also maybe use a shorter section title, like "Using the config file" and set your comment above as the paragraph content?

```python
limiter = Limiter(key_func=get_remote_address, default_limits=["1/minute"], config_filename=".your_config_file")
```

## Use redis as backend for the limiter

```python