diff --git a/wis2box-management/wis2box/env.py b/wis2box-management/wis2box/env.py
index 62297bff..49fd40a8 100644
--- a/wis2box-management/wis2box/env.py
+++ b/wis2box-management/wis2box/env.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     STORAGE_DATA_RETENTION_DAYS = None
 
 try:
-    STORAGE_API_RETENTION_DAYS = int(os.environ.get('WIS2BOX_STORAGE_API_RETENTION_DAYS')) # noqa
+    STORAGE_API_RETENTION_DAYS = int(os.environ.get('WIS2BOX_STORAGE_API_RETENTION_DAYS', 100)) # noqa
 except TypeError:
     STORAGE_API_RETENTION_DAYS = None