diff --git a/src/Socialbox/Classes/Configuration.php b/src/Socialbox/Classes/Configuration.php
index 3ef9567..c3abd6f 100644
--- a/src/Socialbox/Classes/Configuration.php
+++ b/src/Socialbox/Classes/Configuration.php
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@
             // The amount of time in seconds it takes before a session is considered expired due to inactivity
             // Default: 12hours
             $config->setDefault('policies.session_inactivity_expires', 43200);
+            // The amount of time in seconds it takes before an image captcha is considered expired due to lack of
+            // answer within the time-frame that the captcha was generated
+            // If expired; client is expected to request for a new captcha which will generate a new random answer.
+            $config->setDefault('policies.image_captcha_expires', 300);
 
             // Storage configuration
             $config->setDefault('storage.path', '/etc/socialbox'); // The main path for file storage
diff --git a/src/Socialbox/Classes/Configuration/PoliciesConfiguration.php b/src/Socialbox/Classes/Configuration/PoliciesConfiguration.php
index 3d9bef0..bf7de98 100644
--- a/src/Socialbox/Classes/Configuration/PoliciesConfiguration.php
+++ b/src/Socialbox/Classes/Configuration/PoliciesConfiguration.php
@@ -6,14 +6,18 @@
     {
         private int $maxSigningKeys;
         private int $sessionInactivityExpires;
+        private int $imageCaptchaExpires;
 
         public function __construct(array $data)
         {
             $this->maxSigningKeys = $data['max_signing_keys'];
             $this->sessionInactivityExpires = $data['session_inactivity_expires'];
+            $this->imageCaptchaExpires = $data['image_captcha_expires'];
         }
 
         /**
+         * Returns the maximum amount of signing keys a peer can register with the server at once
+         *
          * @return int
          */
         public function getMaxSigningKeys(): int
@@ -22,10 +26,24 @@
         }
 
         /**
+         * Returns the maximum amount of seconds before the session is considered expired due to inactivity
+         *
          * @return int
          */
         public function getSessionInactivityExpires(): int
         {
             return $this->sessionInactivityExpires;
         }
+
+        /**
+         * Returns the maximum amount of seconds before a captcha is considered expired due to the amount of time
+         * that has passed since the answer was generated, if a user fails to answer the captcha during the time
+         * period then the user must request for a new captcha with a new answer.
+         *
+         * @return int
+         */
+        public function getImageCaptchaExpires(): int
+        {
+            return $this->imageCaptchaExpires;
+        }
     }
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