diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 17cad84..0d0920c 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ type P2PConfig struct {
 	HandshakeTimeout        Duration `toml:"handshake_timeout"`
 	DialTimeout             Duration `toml:"dial_timeout"`
 	DialInterval            Duration `toml:"dial_interval"`
+	AcceptInterval          Duration `toml:"accept_interval"`
 
 	QueueType string `toml:"queue_type"`
 }
diff --git a/config_test.go b/config_test.go
index ad5c885..5342187 100644
--- a/config_test.go
+++ b/config_test.go
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ func TestWriteReadRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
 	original.EVM.HTTPPort = 9545
 	original.EVM.EnabledLegacySeiApis = []string{"sei_getLogs", "sei_getBlockByNumber"}
 	original.Storage.StateStore.KeepRecent = 50000
+	original.Network.P2P.AcceptInterval = Dur(25 * time.Millisecond)
 
 	if err := WriteConfigToDir(original, dir); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("WriteConfigToDir: %v", err)
@@ -357,6 +358,12 @@ func TestWriteReadRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
 	if loaded.Storage.StateStore.KeepRecent != 50000 {
 		t.Errorf("state_store.keep_recent: got %d, want 50000", loaded.Storage.StateStore.KeepRecent)
 	}
+	// WriteConfigToDir regenerates config.toml wholesale from the legacy structs,
+	// so a p2p key missing from legacyP2P is silently dropped rather than
+	// preserved. Pin this one: seid reverts to a 1/s accept rate without it.
+	if got := loaded.Network.P2P.AcceptInterval; got != Dur(25*time.Millisecond) {
+		t.Errorf("p2p.accept_interval: got %v, want 25ms", got)
+	}
 	if loaded.Network.RPC.ListenAddress != testRPCAddr {
 		t.Errorf("rpc.listen_address: got %q", loaded.Network.RPC.ListenAddress)
 	}
diff --git a/defaults.go b/defaults.go
index 612c92b..095c4a1 100644
--- a/defaults.go
+++ b/defaults.go
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ func baseDefaults() *SeiConfig {
 				HandshakeTimeout:              Dur(10 * time.Second),
 				DialTimeout:                   Dur(3 * time.Second),
 				DialInterval:                  Dur(10 * time.Second),
+				AcceptInterval:                Dur(10 * time.Millisecond),
 				QueueType:                     "simple-priority",
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/legacy.go b/legacy.go
index 849402d..ceaf61e 100644
--- a/legacy.go
+++ b/legacy.go
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ type legacyP2P struct {
 	HandshakeTimeout              Duration `toml:"handshake-timeout"`
 	DialTimeout                   Duration `toml:"dial-timeout"`
 	DialInterval                  Duration `toml:"dial-interval"`
+	AcceptInterval                Duration `toml:"accept-interval"`
 	QueueType                     string   `toml:"queue-type"`
 }
 
@@ -431,6 +432,7 @@ func (cfg *SeiConfig) toLegacyTendermint() legacyTendermintConfig {
 			HandshakeTimeout:              cfg.Network.P2P.HandshakeTimeout,
 			DialTimeout:                   cfg.Network.P2P.DialTimeout,
 			DialInterval:                  cfg.Network.P2P.DialInterval,
+			AcceptInterval:                cfg.Network.P2P.AcceptInterval,
 			QueueType:                     cfg.Network.P2P.QueueType,
 		},
 
@@ -767,6 +769,7 @@ func fromLegacy(tm legacyTendermintConfig, app legacyAppConfig) *SeiConfig {
 				HandshakeTimeout:              tm.P2P.HandshakeTimeout,
 				DialTimeout:                   tm.P2P.DialTimeout,
 				DialInterval:                  tm.P2P.DialInterval,
+				AcceptInterval:                tm.P2P.AcceptInterval,
 				QueueType:                     tm.P2P.QueueType,
 			},
 		},