diff --git a/Rocksolid_Light/rocksolid/article-flat.php b/Rocksolid_Light/rocksolid/article-flat.php
index 9567f21..8cf8afa 100644
--- a/Rocksolid_Light/rocksolid/article-flat.php
+++ b/Rocksolid_Light/rocksolid/article-flat.php
@@ -15,6 +15,23 @@
   if(isset($_REQUEST["first"]))
     $first=$_REQUEST["first"];
 
+  $logfile=$logdir.'/newsportal.log';
+  if(!isset($_SESSION['starttime'])) {
+    $_SESSION['starttime'] = time();
+    $_SESSION['views'] = 0;
+  }
+  $_SESSION['views']++;
+
+  $rate = ($_SESSION['views'] / (time() - $_SESSION['starttime']));
+  if (($rate > .15) && ($_SESSION['views'] > 5)) {
+    header("HTTP/1.0 429 Too Many Requests");
+    if(!isset($_SESSION['throttled'])) {
+      file_put_contents($logfile, "\n".format_log_date()." ".$config_name." Too many requests from ".$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']." requesting: ".$group, FILE_APPEND);
+	  $_SESSION['throttled'] = true;
+    }
+    exit(0);
+  }
+
 if(isset($frames_on) && $frames_on === true) {
 ?>
 <script>
diff --git a/Rocksolid_Light/rocksolid/index.php b/Rocksolid_Light/rocksolid/index.php
index d53f2ae..9a585ae 100644
--- a/Rocksolid_Light/rocksolid/index.php
+++ b/Rocksolid_Light/rocksolid/index.php
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 <?php header("Expires: ".gmdate("D, d M Y H:i:s",time()+7200)." GMT");
 session_start();
-$_SESSION['starttime'] = time();
-$_SESSION['views'] = 0;
 $_SESSION['isframed'] = 1;
 
    include "config.inc.php";