diff --git a/src/config.cpp b/src/config.cpp
index cf8a31bcb..5a670afac 100644
--- a/src/config.cpp
+++ b/src/config.cpp
@@ -2465,6 +2465,8 @@ standardConfig configs[] = {
     /* Unsigned int configs */
     createUIntConfig("maxclients", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, 1, UINT_MAX, g_pserver->maxclients, 10000, INTEGER_CONFIG, NULL, updateMaxclients),
 
+    /* Long configs */
+    createLongConfig("loading-process-events-interval-bytes", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, 0, LONG_MAX, g_pserver->loading_process_events_interval_bytes, 2*1024*1024, MEMORY_CONFIG, NULL, NULL),
     /* Unsigned Long configs */
     createULongConfig("active-defrag-max-scan-fields", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, 1, LONG_MAX, cserver.active_defrag_max_scan_fields, 1000, INTEGER_CONFIG, NULL, NULL), /* Default: keys with more than 1000 fields will be processed separately */
     createULongConfig("slowlog-max-len", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, 0, LONG_MAX, g_pserver->slowlog_max_len, 128, INTEGER_CONFIG, NULL, NULL),
diff --git a/src/server.cpp b/src/server.cpp
index 4f126f947..fa2bc8d28 100644
--- a/src/server.cpp
+++ b/src/server.cpp
@@ -2547,7 +2547,6 @@ void initServerConfig(void) {
     g_pserver->cluster_configfile = zstrdup(CONFIG_DEFAULT_CLUSTER_CONFIG_FILE);
     g_pserver->migrate_cached_sockets = dictCreate(&migrateCacheDictType,NULL);
     g_pserver->next_client_id = 1; /* Client IDs, start from 1 .*/
-    g_pserver->loading_process_events_interval_bytes = (1024*1024*2);
 
     g_pserver->lruclock = getLRUClock();
     resetServerSaveParams();