diff --git a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/config/options.go b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/config/options.go
index cd1e425d..d2ed8c80 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/config/options.go
+++ b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/config/options.go
@@ -212,10 +212,8 @@ func (cfg *Config) options() ConfigOptions {
 		{
 			Name: "history-retention-window",
 			Usage: fmt.Sprintf("configures the history retention window expressed in number of ledgers,"+
-				" the default value is %d which corresponds to about 7 days of history", ledgerbucketwindow.SevenDaysOfLedgers),
-			ConfigKey:    &cfg.HistoryRetentionWindow,
-			DefaultValue: uint32(ledgerbucketwindow.SevenDaysOfLedgers),
-			Validate:     positive,
+				" the maximum value can be %d which corresponds to about 7 days of history", ledgerbucketwindow.SevenDaysOfLedgers),
+			ConfigKey: &cfg.HistoryRetentionWindow,
 		},
 
 		{
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/ledgerbucketwindow/ledgerbucketwindow.go b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/ledgerbucketwindow/ledgerbucketwindow.go
index ec185a2f..f58579fe 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/ledgerbucketwindow/ledgerbucketwindow.go
+++ b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/ledgerbucketwindow/ledgerbucketwindow.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ type LedgerBucket[T any] struct {
 
 // OneDayOfLedgers is (roughly) a 24 hour window of ledgers.
 const OneDayOfLedgers = 17280
-const SevenDaysOfLedgers = 120960
+const SevenDaysOfLedgers = 7 * OneDayOfLedgers
 
 // DefaultEventLedgerRetentionWindow represents the max number of ledgers we
 // would like to keep an incoming event in memory.
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/test/health_test.go b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/test/health_test.go
index 11d264f4..0840959c 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/test/health_test.go
+++ b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/test/health_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func TestHealth(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("rpc call failed: %v", err)
 	}
 	assert.Equal(t, "healthy", result.Status)
-	assert.Equal(t, uint32(ledgerbucketwindow.SevenDaysOfLedgers), result.LedgerRetentionWindow)
+	assert.Equal(t, uint32(ledgerbucketwindow.OneDayOfLedgers), result.LedgerRetentionWindow)
 	assert.Greater(t, result.OldestLedger, uint32(0))
 	assert.Greater(t, result.LatestLedger, uint32(0))
 	assert.GreaterOrEqual(t, result.LatestLedger, result.OldestLedger)