diff --git a/.config b/.config
index 77ddbb032..5f20b4e0b 100644
--- a/.config
+++ b/.config
@@ -218,6 +218,36 @@ logdays_to_keep: 30
 ; number of bz2 compressed archive folders to keep. Default 20
 bz2_files_to_keep: 20
 
+; number of CapturedFiles folders to keep. Default is 8
+capt_dirs_to_keep: 8
+
+
+; the next settings configure the archive management by space used on disc
+
+; disabling quota management generates the reports, lists the files
+; that would be deleted but prevents any action from being taken
+; true = disabled, false = enabled
+
+quota_management_disabled: true
+
+; any one of the next three parameters missing or commented out disables
+; the quota management.
+
+; Each of the parameters is in GB.
+
+; overall space allowance for the data directory, typically RMS_data
+rms_data_quota: 4000
+
+; space allowance for the archived directories, and files contained within
+arch_dir_quota: 100
+
+; space allowance for the bz2 files
+bz2_files_quota: 100
+
+; Therefore the space allowed for the CapturedFiles directory is
+; rms_data_quota - (arch_dir_quota + bz2_files_quota)
+; space used by log files and .db files is ignored
+
 
 ; Toggle showing maxpixel on the screen during capture
 live_maxpixel_enable: false