diff --git a/js/calendar/calendar.js b/js/calendar/calendar.js
index de882928..ae230033 100644
--- a/js/calendar/calendar.js
+++ b/js/calendar/calendar.js
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ var calendar = {
 	updateDataInterval: 60000,
 	fadeInterval: 1000,
 	intervalId: null,
-	dataIntervalId: null
+	dataIntervalId: null,
+	maximumEntries: config.calendar.maximumEntries || 10
 }
 
 calendar.updateData = function (callback) {
@@ -15,6 +16,10 @@ calendar.updateData = function (callback) {
 		this.eventList = [];
 
 		for (var i in events) {
+			if (this.eventList.length >= calendar.maximumEntries) {
+				break;
+			}
+
 			var e = events[i];
 			for (var key in e) {
 				var value = e[key];
diff --git a/js/config.js b/js/config.js
index ec362724..e7f6e0f3 100755
--- a/js/config.js
+++ b/js/config.js
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ var config = {
             'Hi, sexy!'
         ]
     },
+    calendar: {
+        maximumEntries: 10
+    },
     news: {
         feed: 'http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml'
     }