diff --git a/app/controllers/at_who_controller.rb b/app/controllers/at_who_controller.rb
index 89bc35c82..62ff98f85 100644
--- a/app/controllers/at_who_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/at_who_controller.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ class AtWhoController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def repositories
-    repositories = @team.repositories.limit(Constants::REPOSITORIES_LIMIT)
+    repositories =
+      @team.repositories.limit(Rails.configuration.x.repositories_limit)
     respond_to do |format|
       format.json do
         render json: {
diff --git a/app/controllers/repositories_controller.rb b/app/controllers/repositories_controller.rb
index 9087d9c0b..31b6dae1b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/repositories_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/repositories_controller.rb
@@ -300,8 +300,10 @@ class RepositoriesController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def check_create_permissions
-    render_403 unless can_create_repositories?(@team) ||
-                      @team.repositories.count < Constants::REPOSITORIES_LIMIT
+    unless can_create_repositories?(@team) ||
+           @team.repositories.count < Rails.configuration.x.repositories_limit
+      render_403
+    end
   end
 
   def check_manage_permissions
diff --git a/app/permissions/team.rb b/app/permissions/team.rb
index cd45190f5..06753024f 100644
--- a/app/permissions/team.rb
+++ b/app/permissions/team.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Canaid::Permissions.register_for(Team) do
   # repository: create, copy
   can :create_repositories do |user, team|
     user.is_admin_of_team?(team) &&
-      team.repositories.count < Constants::REPOSITORIES_LIMIT
+      team.repositories.count < Rails.configuration.x.repositories_limit
   end
 
   # repository: create/import record
diff --git a/config/initializers/constants.rb b/config/initializers/constants.rb
index f6e265ac6..8522fa252 100644
--- a/config/initializers/constants.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/constants.rb
@@ -58,9 +58,6 @@ class Constants
   # Max characters for repository name in Atwho modal
   ATWHO_REP_NAME_LIMIT = 16
 
-  # Maximum number of repositories per team allowed
-  REPOSITORIES_LIMIT = 5
-
   #=============================================================================
   # File and data memory size
   #=============================================================================
diff --git a/config/initializers/repositories.rb b/config/initializers/repositories.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..84d360168
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/repositories.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Rails.application.configure do
+  # Maximum number of repositories per team allowed
+  config.x.repositories_limit = ENV['REPOSITORIES_LIMIT'].to_i || 5
+end