diff --git a/src/bepasty/config.py b/src/bepasty/config.py
index 2bd8c42..5ef441d 100644
--- a/src/bepasty/config.py
+++ b/src/bepasty/config.py
@@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ class Config:
     #: Filesystem storage path
     STORAGE_FILESYSTEM_DIRECTORY = '/tmp/'
 
+    #: Default lifetime for uploads
+    #: Supported units: 
+    #: 'MINUTES', 'HOURS', 'DAYS', 'WEEKS', 'MONTHS', 'YEARS', 'FOREVER'
+    DEFAULT_MAXLIFE_VALUE = 1
+    DEFAULT_MAXLIFE_UNIT = 'MONTHS'
+    
     #: server secret key needed for safe session cookies.
     #: you must set a very long, very random, very secret string here,
     #: otherwise bepasty will not work (and crash when trying to log in)!
diff --git a/src/bepasty/utils/date_funcs.py b/src/bepasty/utils/date_funcs.py
index 4577389..af925da 100644
--- a/src/bepasty/utils/date_funcs.py
+++ b/src/bepasty/utils/date_funcs.py
@@ -7,9 +7,14 @@
 
 def get_maxlife(data, underscore):
     unit_key = 'maxlife_unit' if underscore else 'maxlife-unit'
-    unit_default = 'MONTHS'
+    unit_default = current_app.config['DEFAULT_MAXLIFE_UNIT']
+    if unit_default == None:
+        unit_default = 'MONTHS'
     unit = data.get(unit_key, unit_default).upper()
     value_key = 'maxlife_value' if underscore else 'maxlife-value'
+    value_default = current_app.config['DEFAULT_MAXLIFE_VALUE']
+    if value_default == None:
+        value_default = 'MONTHS'
     value_default = '1'
     try:
         value = int(data.get(value_key, value_default))