diff --git a/res/config.ini b/res/config.ini
index b93c687..caf1f47 100644
--- a/res/config.ini
+++ b/res/config.ini
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# The number of failed authentications before a special animation is played... ;)
+auth_fails = 10
+
 # The active animation
 # none   -> Nothing (default)
 # doom   -> PSX DOOM fire
diff --git a/src/config/Config.zig b/src/config/Config.zig
index 4c57fe6..1680327 100644
--- a/src/config/Config.zig
+++ b/src/config/Config.zig
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const Animation = enums.Animation;
 const Input = enums.Input;
 const ViMode = enums.ViMode;
 
+auth_fails: u64 = 10,
 animation: Animation = .none,
 asterisk: ?u8 = '*',
 bg: u16 = 0,
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index fe4f9ac..cf2c2ba 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ pub fn main() !void {
 
         if (update) {
             // If the user entered a wrong password 10 times in a row, play a cascade animation, else update normally
-            if (auth_fails < 10) {
+            if (auth_fails < config.auth_fails) {
                 _ = termbox.tb_clear();
 
                 if (!animation_timed_out) {
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ pub fn main() !void {
             _ = interop.system_time.gettimeofday(&tv, null);
 
             timeout = @intCast((60 - @rem(tv.tv_sec, 60)) * 1000 - @divTrunc(tv.tv_usec, 1000) + 1);
-        } else if (config.clock != null or auth_fails >= 10) {
+        } else if (config.clock != null or auth_fails >= config.auth_fails) {
             var tv: interop.system_time.timeval = undefined;
             _ = interop.system_time.gettimeofday(&tv, null);
 
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ pub fn main() !void {
                 }
 
                 try std.posix.tcsetattr(std.posix.STDIN_FILENO, .FLUSH, tb_termios);
-                if (auth_fails < 10) {
+                if (auth_fails < config.auth_fails) {
                     _ = termbox.tb_clear();
                     _ = termbox.tb_present();
                 }