diff --git a/src/config/mod.rs b/src/config/mod.rs
index 5424157..b51bd3b 100644
--- a/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use anyhow::Context;
+use anyhow::{bail, Context};
 use regex::{Captures, Regex};
 use std::env;
 use std::fs;
@@ -208,6 +208,33 @@ pub async fn validate(config: &Config) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
 
     // validate use garde::Validate
     config.validate(&())?;
+
+    if let Some(rate_limit) = config.extensions.rate_limit.as_ref() {
+        if let Some(ref rule) = rate_limit.ip {
+            for method in &config.rpcs.methods {
+                if method.rate_limit_weight > rule.burst {
+                    bail!(
+                        "`{}` rate_limit_weight is too big for ip: {}",
+                        method.method,
+                        method.rate_limit_weight,
+                    );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if let Some(ref rule) = rate_limit.connection {
+            for method in &config.rpcs.methods {
+                if method.rate_limit_weight > rule.burst {
+                    bail!(
+                        "`{}` rate_limit_weight is too big for connection: {}",
+                        method.method,
+                        method.rate_limit_weight,
+                    );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     // since endpoints connection test is async
     // we can't intergrate it into garde::Validate
     // and it's not a static validation like format, length, .etc
@@ -301,4 +328,12 @@ mod tests {
             .to_string()
             .contains("Unable to connect to all endpoints"));
     }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn validate_config_fails_for_too_big_rate_limit_weight() {
+        let config = read_config("tests/configs/big_rate_limit_weight.yml").expect("Unable to read config file");
+        let result = validate(&config).await;
+        assert!(result.is_err());
+        assert!(result.err().unwrap().to_string().contains("rate_limit_weight"));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/extensions/rate_limit/connection.rs b/src/extensions/rate_limit/connection.rs
index ccc2f3e..bc3cd55 100644
--- a/src/extensions/rate_limit/connection.rs
+++ b/src/extensions/rate_limit/connection.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::{extensions::rate_limit::MethodWeights, utils::errors};
+use crate::extensions::rate_limit::MethodWeights;
 use futures::{future::BoxFuture, FutureExt};
 use governor::{DefaultDirectRateLimiter, Jitter, RateLimiter};
 use jsonrpsee::{
@@ -75,9 +75,10 @@ where
 
         async move {
             if let Some(n) = NonZeroU32::new(weight) {
-                if limiter.until_n_ready_with_jitter(n, jitter).await.is_err() {
-                    return MethodResponse::error(req.id, errors::failed("rate limit exceeded"));
-                }
+                limiter
+                    .until_n_ready_with_jitter(n, jitter)
+                    .await
+                    .expect("check_n have been done during init");
             }
             service.call(req).await
         }
diff --git a/src/extensions/rate_limit/ip.rs b/src/extensions/rate_limit/ip.rs
index 4274e02..caeb92c 100644
--- a/src/extensions/rate_limit/ip.rs
+++ b/src/extensions/rate_limit/ip.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::{extensions::rate_limit::MethodWeights, utils::errors};
+use crate::extensions::rate_limit::MethodWeights;
 use futures::{future::BoxFuture, FutureExt};
 use governor::{DefaultKeyedRateLimiter, Jitter};
 use jsonrpsee::{
@@ -86,13 +86,10 @@ where
         let weight = self.method_weights.get(req.method_name());
         async move {
             if let Some(n) = NonZeroU32::new(weight) {
-                if limiter
+                limiter
                     .until_key_n_ready_with_jitter(&ip_addr, n, jitter)
                     .await
-                    .is_err()
-                {
-                    return MethodResponse::error(req.id, errors::failed("rate limit exceeded"));
-                }
+                    .expect("check_n have been done during init");
             }
             service.call(req).await
         }
diff --git a/src/extensions/rate_limit/mod.rs b/src/extensions/rate_limit/mod.rs
index ba987b9..61dd2a1 100644
--- a/src/extensions/rate_limit/mod.rs
+++ b/src/extensions/rate_limit/mod.rs
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ impl RateLimitBuilder {
             }
         }
     }
+
     pub fn connection_limit(&self, method_weights: MethodWeights) -> Option<ConnectionRateLimitLayer> {
         if let Some(ref rule) = self.config.connection {
             let burst = NonZeroU32::new(rule.burst).unwrap();
diff --git a/tests/configs/big_rate_limit_weight.yml b/tests/configs/big_rate_limit_weight.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e784d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/configs/big_rate_limit_weight.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+extensions:
+  client:
+    endpoints:
+      - wss://acala-rpc.dwellir.com
+      - wss://acala-rpc-0.aca-api.network
+    health_check:
+      interval_sec: 10 # check interval, default is 10s
+      healthy_response_time_ms: 500 # max response time to be considered healthy, default is 500ms
+      health_method: system_health
+      response: # response contains { isSyncing: false }
+        !contains
+          - - isSyncing
+            - !eq false
+  event_bus:
+  substrate_api:
+    stale_timeout_seconds: 180 # rotate endpoint if no new blocks for 3 minutes
+  telemetry:
+    provider: none
+  cache:
+    default_ttl_seconds: 60
+    default_size: 500
+  merge_subscription:
+    keep_alive_seconds: 60
+  server:
+    port: 9944
+    listen_address: '0.0.0.0'
+    max_connections: 2000
+    http_methods:
+      - path: /health
+        method: system_health
+      - path: /liveness
+        method: chain_getBlockHash
+    cors: all
+  rate_limit: # these are for demo purpose only, please adjust to your needs
+    connection: # 20 RPC requests per second per connection
+      burst: 20
+      period_secs: 1
+    ip: # 500 RPC requests per 10 seconds per ip
+      burst: 500
+      period_secs: 10
+    # use X-Forwarded-For header to get real ip, if available (e.g. behind a load balancer).
+    # WARNING: Use with caution, as this xff header can be forged.
+    use_xff: true # default is false
+
+middlewares:
+  methods:
+    - delay
+    - response
+    - inject_params
+    - cache
+    - upstream
+  subscriptions:
+    - merge_subscription
+    - upstream
+
+rpcs: tests/rpc_configs/big_rate_limit_weight.yml
diff --git a/tests/rpc_configs/big_rate_limit_weight.yml b/tests/rpc_configs/big_rate_limit_weight.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0c011a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/rpc_configs/big_rate_limit_weight.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+methods:
+  - method: eth_chainId
+    cache:
+      size: 1
+    rate_limit_weight: 21
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