diff --git a/DStarGateway/DStarGatewayConfig.cpp b/DStarGateway/DStarGatewayConfig.cpp
index 15b2028..da334be 100644
--- a/DStarGateway/DStarGatewayConfig.cpp
+++ b/DStarGateway/DStarGatewayConfig.cpp
@@ -181,6 +181,11 @@ bool CDStarGatewayConfig::loadLog(const CConfig & cfg)
 		else if(levelStr == "none")		m_log.displayLevel = LOG_NONE;
 	}
 
+	std::string thresholdStr;
+	ret = cfg.getValue("log", "repeatthreshold", thresholdStr, "2", {"disabled", "1", "2", "3", "4","5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10"}) && ret;
+	if(thresholdStr == "disabled") m_log.repeatThreshold = 0;
+	else m_log.repeatThreshold = ::atoi(thresholdStr.c_str());
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/DStarGateway/DStarGatewayConfig.h b/DStarGateway/DStarGatewayConfig.h
index d148987..1a15d65 100644
--- a/DStarGateway/DStarGatewayConfig.h
+++ b/DStarGateway/DStarGatewayConfig.h
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	LOG_SEVERITY fileLevel;
 	std::string fileRoot;
 	bool fileRotate;
+	uint repeatThreshold;
 } TLog;
 
 typedef struct {
diff --git a/DStarGateway/example.cfg b/DStarGateway/example.cfg
index 731da4e..73d7b09 100644
--- a/DStarGateway/example.cfg
+++ b/DStarGateway/example.cfg
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ fileRoot=       # defaults to dstarGateway
 fileRotate=     # rotate log files daily, defaults to true
 fileLevel=      # defaults to info, valid values are trace, debug, info, warning, error, fatal, none
 displayLevel=   # defaults to info, valid values are trace, debug, info, warning, error, fatal, none
+repeatThreshold=#defaults to 2, valid values are disbaled and 1 to 10. Prevents flooding of logs from repeated log messages.
 
 [Paths]
 data=/usr/local/share/dstargateway.d/ #Path where the data (hostfiles, audio files etc) can be found