s/max/max_count
diff --git a/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_misc_handlers.erl b/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_misc_handlers.erl
index 5769407..1dd9aba 100644
--- a/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_misc_handlers.erl
+++ b/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_misc_handlers.erl
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 
 
 handle_uuids_req(#httpd{method='GET'}=Req) ->
-    Max = list_to_integer(couch_config:get("uuids","max","1000")),
+    Max = list_to_integer(couch_config:get("uuids","max_count","1000")),
     Count = list_to_integer(couch_httpd:qs_value(Req, "count", "1")),
     case Count > Max of
         true -> throw({forbidden, <<"count parameter too large">>});