diff --git a/library/centos/roles/duplicity-backup/templates/duplicity_backup.cron.j2 b/library/centos/roles/duplicity-backup/templates/duplicity_backup.cron.j2
index 180cb4bc..37a1adaa 100644
--- a/library/centos/roles/duplicity-backup/templates/duplicity_backup.cron.j2
+++ b/library/centos/roles/duplicity-backup/templates/duplicity_backup.cron.j2
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ DUPLY=/usr/bin/duply
 D_PROFILE={{ duply_default_profile }}
 LOG_FILE={{ duplicity_cron_job_logfile }}
 LOCK_FILE={{ duplicity_temp_dir }}/.duply-backup.lock
+ulimit -n 32000
 
 if [ ! -f $LOCK_FILE ] ; then
     echo $$ > $LOCK_FILE
diff --git a/library/centos/roles/duplicity-backup/templates/duply-profile-conf.j2 b/library/centos/roles/duplicity-backup/templates/duply-profile-conf.j2
index 9f6bc06e..c93adfec 100644
--- a/library/centos/roles/duplicity-backup/templates/duply-profile-conf.j2
+++ b/library/centos/roles/duplicity-backup/templates/duply-profile-conf.j2
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ MAX_FULLS_WITH_INCRS={{ duplicity_max_full_with_incrs }}
 # forces a full backup if last full backup reaches a specified age, for the
 # format of MAX_FULLBKP_AGE see duplicity man page, chapter TIME_FORMATS
 # Uncomment the following two lines to enable this setting.
-#MAX_FULLBKP_AGE=1M
-#DUPL_PARAMS="$DUPL_PARAMS --full-if-older-than $MAX_FULLBKP_AGE "
+MAX_FULLBKP_AGE={{ duplicity_max_backup_age }}
+DUPL_PARAMS="$DUPL_PARAMS --full-if-older-than $MAX_FULLBKP_AGE "
 
 # sets duplicity --volsize option (available since v0.4.3.RC7)
 # set the size of backup chunks to VOLSIZE MB instead of the default 25MB.