diff --git a/src/engine/shared/config_variables.h b/src/engine/shared/config_variables.h
index d9b862ef0..f092f36fe 100644
--- a/src/engine/shared/config_variables.h
+++ b/src/engine/shared/config_variables.h
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ MACRO_CONFIG_INT(GfxHighDetail, gfx_high_detail, 1, 0, 1, CFGFLAG_SAVE|CFGFLAG_C
 MACRO_CONFIG_INT(GfxTextureQuality, gfx_texture_quality, 1, 0, 1, CFGFLAG_SAVE|CFGFLAG_CLIENT, "")
 #endif
 MACRO_CONFIG_INT(GfxFsaaSamples, gfx_fsaa_samples, 0, 0, 16, CFGFLAG_SAVE|CFGFLAG_CLIENT, "FSAA Samples")
-MACRO_CONFIG_INT(GfxRefreshRate, gfx_refresh_rate, 0, 0, 1000, CFGFLAG_SAVE|CFGFLAG_CLIENT, "Screen refresh rate")
+MACRO_CONFIG_INT(GfxRefreshRate, gfx_refresh_rate, 0, 0, 10000, CFGFLAG_SAVE|CFGFLAG_CLIENT, "Screen refresh rate")
 MACRO_CONFIG_INT(GfxFinish, gfx_finish, 0, 0, 1, CFGFLAG_SAVE|CFGFLAG_CLIENT, "")
 MACRO_CONFIG_INT(GfxBackgroundRender, gfx_backgroundrender, 1, 0, 1, CFGFLAG_SAVE|CFGFLAG_CLIENT, "Render graphics when window is in background")
 MACRO_CONFIG_INT(GfxTextOverlay, gfx_text_overlay, 10, 1, 100, CFGFLAG_SAVE|CFGFLAG_CLIENT, "Stop rendering textoverlay in editor or with entities: high value = less details = more speed")
diff --git a/src/game/client/components/menus_settings.cpp b/src/game/client/components/menus_settings.cpp
index 5114b4104..79691c6d1 100644
--- a/src/game/client/components/menus_settings.cpp
+++ b/src/game/client/components/menus_settings.cpp
@@ -1077,7 +1077,9 @@ void CMenus::RenderSettingsGraphics(CUIRect MainView)
 		str_format(aBuf, sizeof(aBuf), "%s: %s", Localize("Refresh Rate"), "∞");
 	UI()->DoLabelScaled(&Label, aBuf, 14.0f, -1);
 	Button.HMargin(2.0f, &Button);
-	g_Config.m_GfxRefreshRate = static_cast<int>(DoScrollbarH(&g_Config.m_GfxRefreshRate, &Button, g_Config.m_GfxRefreshRate/1000.0f)*1000.0f+0.1f);
+	int NewRefreshRate = static_cast<int>(DoScrollbarH(&g_Config.m_GfxRefreshRate, &Button, (min(g_Config.m_GfxRefreshRate, 1000))/1000.0f)*1000.0f+0.1f);
+	if(g_Config.m_GfxRefreshRate <= 1000 || NewRefreshRate < 1000)
+		g_Config.m_GfxRefreshRate = NewRefreshRate;
 
 	CUIRect Text;
 	MainView.HSplitTop(20.0f, 0, &MainView);