diff --git a/src/BirdsiteLive.Common/Settings/InstanceSettings.cs b/src/BirdsiteLive.Common/Settings/InstanceSettings.cs
index 9353398..a85d9e6 100644
--- a/src/BirdsiteLive.Common/Settings/InstanceSettings.cs
+++ b/src/BirdsiteLive.Common/Settings/InstanceSettings.cs
@@ -11,5 +11,7 @@
 
         public string UnlistedTwitterAccounts { get; set; }
         public string SensitiveTwitterAccounts { get; set; }
+
+        public int FailingTwitterUserCleanUpThreshold { get; set; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline/Processors/RefreshTwitterUserStatusProcessor.cs b/src/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline/Processors/RefreshTwitterUserStatusProcessor.cs
index b4883ab..dae9fe0 100644
--- a/src/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline/Processors/RefreshTwitterUserStatusProcessor.cs
+++ b/src/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline/Processors/RefreshTwitterUserStatusProcessor.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using BirdsiteLive.Common.Settings;
 using BirdsiteLive.DAL.Contracts;
 using BirdsiteLive.DAL.Models;
 using BirdsiteLive.Moderation.Actions;
@@ -12,17 +13,18 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Pipeline.Processors
 {
     public class RefreshTwitterUserStatusProcessor : IRefreshTwitterUserStatusProcessor
     {
-        private const int FetchingErrorCountThreshold = 300;
         private readonly ICachedTwitterUserService _twitterUserService;
         private readonly ITwitterUserDal _twitterUserDal;
         private readonly IRemoveTwitterAccountAction _removeTwitterAccountAction;
+        private readonly InstanceSettings _instanceSettings;
 
         #region Ctor
-        public RefreshTwitterUserStatusProcessor(ICachedTwitterUserService twitterUserService, ITwitterUserDal twitterUserDal, IRemoveTwitterAccountAction removeTwitterAccountAction)
+        public RefreshTwitterUserStatusProcessor(ICachedTwitterUserService twitterUserService, ITwitterUserDal twitterUserDal, IRemoveTwitterAccountAction removeTwitterAccountAction, InstanceSettings instanceSettings)
         {
             _twitterUserService = twitterUserService;
             _twitterUserDal = twitterUserDal;
             _removeTwitterAccountAction = removeTwitterAccountAction;
+            _instanceSettings = instanceSettings;
         }
         #endregion
 
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Pipeline.Processors
             var dbUser = await _twitterUserDal.GetTwitterUserAsync(user.Acct);
             dbUser.FetchingErrorCount++;
 
-            if (dbUser.FetchingErrorCount > FetchingErrorCountThreshold)
+            if (dbUser.FetchingErrorCount > _instanceSettings.FailingTwitterUserCleanUpThreshold)
             {
                 await _removeTwitterAccountAction.ProcessAsync(user);
             }
diff --git a/src/BirdsiteLive/appsettings.json b/src/BirdsiteLive/appsettings.json
index 45f2b08..d510809 100644
--- a/src/BirdsiteLive/appsettings.json
+++ b/src/BirdsiteLive/appsettings.json
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
     "PublishReplies": false,
     "MaxUsersCapacity": 1000,
     "UnlistedTwitterAccounts": null,
-    "SensitiveTwitterAccounts": null
+    "SensitiveTwitterAccounts": null,
+    "FailingTwitterUserCleanUpThreshold": 700
   },
   "Db": {
     "Type": "postgres",