diff --git a/waku/factory/external_config.nim b/waku/factory/external_config.nim
index 4556eb56a..33dd61606 100644
--- a/waku/factory/external_config.nim
+++ b/waku/factory/external_config.nim
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ import
   ../common/confutils/envvar/std/net as confEnvvarNet,
   ../common/logging,
   ../waku_enr,
-  ../node/peer_manager
+  ../node/peer_manager,
+  ../waku_rln_relay/constants
 
 include ../waku_core/message/default_values
 
@@ -97,8 +98,8 @@ type WakuNodeConf* = object
 
   rlnRelayUserMessageLimit* {.
     desc:
-      "Set a user message limit for the rln membership registration. Must be a positive integer. Default is 1.",
-    defaultValue: 1,
+      "Set a user message limit for the rln membership registration. Must be a positive integer. Default is 20.",
+    defaultValue: DefaultUserMessageLimit,
     name: "rln-relay-user-message-limit"
   .}: uint64
 
diff --git a/waku/factory/node_factory.nim b/waku/factory/node_factory.nim
index ec26480bb..cc43694fa 100644
--- a/waku/factory/node_factory.nim
+++ b/waku/factory/node_factory.nim
@@ -220,6 +220,13 @@ proc setupProtocols(
       onFatalErrorAction: onFatalErrorAction,
     )
 
+    const defaultConf = defaultWakuNodeConf()
+
+    if not conf.rlnRelayDynamic:
+      if conf.rlnRelayEthClientAddress != defaultConf.rlnRelayEthClientAddress or
+          conf.rlnRelayEthContractAddress != defaultConf.rlnRelayEthContractAddress:
+        warn "Ethereum client or contract address were provided on static RLN. These configurations will be ignored"
+
     try:
       waitFor node.mountRlnRelay(rlnConf)
     except CatchableError: