diff --git a/strfry.conf b/strfry.conf
index 6b304ec..c727f7e 100644
--- a/strfry.conf
+++ b/strfry.conf
@@ -13,6 +13,29 @@ dbParams {
     mapsize = 10995116277760
 }
 
+events {
+    # Maximum size of normalised JSON, in bytes
+    maxEventSize = 65536
+
+    # Events newer than this will be rejected
+    rejectEventsNewerThanSeconds = 900
+
+    # Events older than this will be rejected
+    rejectEventsOlderThanSeconds = 94608000
+
+    # Ephemeral events older than this will be rejected
+    rejectEphemeralEventsOlderThanSeconds = 60
+
+    # Ephemeral events will be deleted from the DB when older than this
+    ephemeralEventsLifetimeSeconds = 300
+
+    # Maximum number of tags allowed
+    maxNumTags = 2000
+
+    # Maximum size for tag values, in bytes
+    maxTagValSize = 1024
+}
+
 relay {
     # Interface to listen on. Use 0.0.0.0 to listen on all interfaces (restart required)
     bind = "127.0.0.1"
@@ -97,28 +120,13 @@ relay {
 
         # reqMonitor threads: Handle filtering of new events (restart required)
         reqMonitor = 3
+
+        # negentropy threads: Handle negentropy protocol messages (restart required)
+        negentropy = 2
+    }
+
+    negentropy {
+        # Maximum records that can be processed per filter
+        maxFilterLimit = 1000000
     }
 }
-
-events {
-    # Maximum size of normalised JSON, in bytes
-    maxEventSize = 65536
-
-    # Events newer than this will be rejected
-    rejectEventsNewerThanSeconds = 900
-
-    # Events older than this will be rejected
-    rejectEventsOlderThanSeconds = 94608000
-
-    # Ephemeral events older than this will be rejected
-    rejectEphemeralEventsOlderThanSeconds = 60
-
-    # Ephemeral events will be deleted from the DB when older than this
-    ephemeralEventsLifetimeSeconds = 300
-
-    # Maximum number of tags allowed
-    maxNumTags = 2000
-
-    # Maximum size for tag values, in bytes
-    maxTagValSize = 1024
-}