diff --git a/mw_api_rate_limit.go b/mw_api_rate_limit.go
index d12c1f4fd04..ca9d3596c4b 100644
--- a/mw_api_rate_limit.go
+++ b/mw_api_rate_limit.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func (k *RateLimitForAPI) ProcessRequest(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request,
 		storeRef,
 		true,
 		false,
-		k.Spec.GlobalConfig,
+		&k.Spec.GlobalConfig,
 	)
 
 	if reason == sessionFailRateLimit {
diff --git a/mw_organisation_activity.go b/mw_organisation_activity.go
index 4eb80fffd60..276e8a1020b 100644
--- a/mw_organisation_activity.go
+++ b/mw_organisation_activity.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func (k *OrganizationMonitor) ProcessRequestLive(r *http.Request) (error, int) {
 		k.Spec.OrgSessionManager.Store(),
 		session.Per > 0 && session.Rate > 0,
 		true,
-		k.Spec.GlobalConfig,
+		&k.Spec.GlobalConfig,
 	)
 
 	k.Spec.OrgSessionManager.UpdateSession(k.Spec.OrgID, &session, session.Lifetime(k.Spec.SessionLifetime), false)
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ func (k *OrganizationMonitor) AllowAccessNext(
 		k.Spec.OrgSessionManager.Store(),
 		session.Per > 0 && session.Rate > 0,
 		true,
-		k.Spec.GlobalConfig,
+		&k.Spec.GlobalConfig,
 	)
 
 	k.Spec.OrgSessionManager.UpdateSession(k.Spec.OrgID, &session, session.Lifetime(k.Spec.SessionLifetime), false)
diff --git a/mw_rate_limiting.go b/mw_rate_limiting.go
index f50bdf587b7..4d14a7eff73 100644
--- a/mw_rate_limiting.go
+++ b/mw_rate_limiting.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func (k *RateLimitAndQuotaCheck) ProcessRequest(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.R
 		storeRef,
 		!k.Spec.DisableRateLimit,
 		!k.Spec.DisableQuota,
-		k.Spec.GlobalConfig,
+		&k.Spec.GlobalConfig,
 	)
 
 	// If either are disabled, save the write roundtrip
diff --git a/session_manager.go b/session_manager.go
index 12d69bddb27..763cbc35a20 100644
--- a/session_manager.go
+++ b/session_manager.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ type SessionLimiter struct {
 	bucketStore leakybucket.Storage
 }
 
-func (l *SessionLimiter) doRollingWindowWrite(key, rateLimiterKey, rateLimiterSentinelKey string, currentSession *user.SessionState, store storage.Handler, globalConf config.Config) bool {
+func (l *SessionLimiter) doRollingWindowWrite(key, rateLimiterKey, rateLimiterSentinelKey string, currentSession *user.SessionState, store storage.Handler, globalConf *config.Config) bool {
 	log.Debug("[RATELIMIT] Inbound raw key is: ", key)
 	log.Debug("[RATELIMIT] Rate limiter key is: ", rateLimiterKey)
 	pipeline := globalConf.EnableNonTransactionalRateLimiter
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ const (
 // sessionFailReason if session limits have been exceeded.
 // Key values to manage rate are Rate and Per, e.g. Rate of 10 messages
 // Per 10 seconds
-func (l *SessionLimiter) ForwardMessage(currentSession *user.SessionState, key string, store storage.Handler, enableRL, enableQ bool, globalConf config.Config) sessionFailReason {
+func (l *SessionLimiter) ForwardMessage(currentSession *user.SessionState, key string, store storage.Handler, enableRL, enableQ bool, globalConf *config.Config) sessionFailReason {
 	rateLimiterKey := RateLimitKeyPrefix + storage.HashKey(key)
 	rateLimiterSentinelKey := RateLimitKeyPrefix + storage.HashKey(key) + ".BLOCKED"