diff --git a/etc-docker/lacuna.conf b/etc-docker/lacuna.conf
index f9f75525..37b8d853 100644
--- a/etc-docker/lacuna.conf
+++ b/etc-docker/lacuna.conf
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 # Setting x & y outside of the zone, will result in nothing be within the NZ.
 # If only coord is set, then zone boundries are ignored.
       "active" : 1,
-      "max_colonies" : 2,
+      # "max_colonies" : 2,
       "zone" : 1,
       "zone_list" : [
         "0|0"