diff --git a/tootbot.py b/tootbot.py
index 15513cecb68c9fae147bb09c7e7b1d750c186e99..626d14f1675dcc42f5b16d685765e2ea1cbaac28 100755
--- a/tootbot.py
+++ b/tootbot.py
@@ -14,10 +14,13 @@ auth_session = auth_file+'.session'
 mastodon_api = None
 
 # Set to 1 to get some messages, 0 for error messages only
-debug=1
+debug=0
 
 # Posting delay (s), wait between mastodon posts, reduces the "burst" effect on timoeline, and instance workload if you hit rate limiters
-posting_delay=1
+posting_delay=3
+
+# Post only this much tweets per cycle
+max_tweets=2
 
 # URL substrings dedicated to source image hosting
 twitter_pics_hosting="https://pbs.twitimg.com/"
@@ -92,14 +95,16 @@ if debug: print("Processing", end='')
 # Cut the source URL to avoid reposts when looking up the DB
 source=source.split("/search/")[0]
 
+nb_tweets=0
 for tweet in reversed(d.entries):
     # check if this tweet has been processed
     db.execute('SELECT * FROM tweets WHERE tweet = ? AND twitter = ?  and mastodon = ? and instance = ?', (tweet.id, source, mastodon_account, instance))  # noqa
     last = db.fetchone()
     dt = tweet.published_parsed
     age = datetime.now()-datetime(dt.tm_year, dt.tm_mon, dt.tm_mday, dt.tm_hour, dt.tm_min, dt.tm_sec)
-    # process only unprocessed tweets less than 1 day old, after delay
-    if last is None and age < timedelta(days=days) and age > timedelta(days=delay):
+    # process only unprocessed tweets less than x day old, after delay, and at most max_tweets
+    if last is None and age < timedelta(days=days) and age > timedelta(days=delay) and nb_tweets < max_tweets:
+        nb_tweets = nb_tweets + 1
         if "token" in auth_type and mastodon_api is None:
             try:
                 mastodon_api = Mastodon(client_id=app_client_id, client_secret=app_client_secret, access_token=app_access_token, api_base_url='https://'+instance)
@@ -187,7 +192,7 @@ for tweet in reversed(d.entries):
 
         if toot_media is not None:
             try:
-                toot = mastodon_api.status_post(toot_body, in_reply_to_id=None, media_ids=toot_media, sensitive=False, visibility='public', spoiler_text=None)
+                toot = mastodon_api.status_post(toot_body, in_reply_to_id=None, media_ids=toot_media, sensitive=False, visibility='unlisted', spoiler_text=None)
                 if "id" in toot:
                     db.execute("INSERT INTO tweets VALUES ( ? , ? , ? , ? , ? )",(tweet.id, toot["id"], source, mastodon_account, instance))
                     sql.commit()