diff --git a/packages/ddp-rate-limiter/ddp-rate-limiter.js b/packages/ddp-rate-limiter/ddp-rate-limiter.js
index 7487fb7d9a..aa45a360ef 100644
--- a/packages/ddp-rate-limiter/ddp-rate-limiter.js
+++ b/packages/ddp-rate-limiter/ddp-rate-limiter.js
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ DDPRateLimiter.RateLimiter.addRule( {
   IPAddr: function( IPAddr ) {
     return true;
   },
-  method: 'login'
+  type: 'method',
+  name: 'login'
 }, 5, 10000 );
 
 DDPRateLimiter.getErrorMessage = function( rateLimitResult ) {
diff --git a/packages/ddp-server/livedata_server.js b/packages/ddp-server/livedata_server.js
index 08596fab3a..b242c05d4b 100644
--- a/packages/ddp-server/livedata_server.js
+++ b/packages/ddp-server/livedata_server.js
@@ -545,16 +545,24 @@ _.extend(Session.prototype, {
 
         if (_.has(self.protocol_handlers, msg.msg)) {
           // Is it bad to do these checks here? Instead of inside session.protocol_handlers and then in method
-          // var rateLimiterInput = {
-          //   userId: self.userId,
-          //   IPAddr: self.connectionHandle.clientAddress,
-          //   type: msg.msg,
-          //   name: msg.name }
-          // DDPRateLimiter.RateLimiter.increment(rateLimiterInput);
-          // var rateLimitResult = DDPRateLimiter.RateLimiter.check(rateLimiterInput)
-          // if (!rateLimitResult.valid)
-          //   self.sendError('too-many-requests', DDPRateLimiter.getErrorMessage(rateLimitResult));
-          // else
+          var rateLimiterInput = {
+            userId: self.userId,
+            IPAddr: self.connectionHandle.clientAddress,
+            type: msg.msg,
+            name: null
+          };
+          // Janky solution because in method, methodName is in msg.method otherwise in msg.name for subscriptions
+          if (msg.msg === 'method') {
+            rateLimiterInput.name = msg.method;
+          } else if (msg.msg === 'sub') {
+            rateLimiterInput.name = msg.name;
+          }
+          DDPRateLimiter.RateLimiter.newIncrement(rateLimiterInput);
+          var rateLimitResult = DDPRateLimiter.RateLimiter.newCheck(rateLimiterInput)
+          if (!rateLimitResult.valid) {
+            self.sendError('too-many-requests', DDPRateLimiter.getErrorMessage(rateLimitResult));
+          }
+          else
             self.protocol_handlers[msg.msg].call(self, msg, unblock);
           }
         else
@@ -658,16 +666,16 @@ _.extend(Session.prototype, {
         randomSeed: randomSeed
       });
       // invocation.method = msg.method;
-      var rateLimiterInput = {
-            userId: self.userId,
-            IPAddr: self.connectionHandle.clientAddress,
-            method: msg.method};
+      // var rateLimiterInput = {
+      //       userId: self.userId,
+      //       IPAddr: self.connectionHandle.clientAddress,
+      //       method: msg.method};
       try {
-        DDPRateLimiter.RateLimiter.newIncrement(rateLimiterInput);
-        var rateLimitResult = DDPRateLimiter.RateLimiter.newCheck(rateLimiterInput)
-        if (!rateLimitResult.valid) {
-          throw new Meteor.Error(429, DDPRateLimiter.getErrorMessage(rateLimitResult));
-        }
+        // DDPRateLimiter.RateLimiter.newIncrement(rateLimiterInput);
+        // var rateLimitResult = DDPRateLimiter.RateLimiter.newCheck(rateLimiterInput)
+        // if (!rateLimitResult.valid) {
+        //   throw new Meteor.Error(429, DDPRateLimiter.getErrorMessage(rateLimitResult));
+        // }
 
         var result = DDPServer._CurrentWriteFence.withValue(fence, function () {
           return DDP._CurrentInvocation.withValue(invocation, function () {
diff --git a/packages/rate-limit/rate-limit.js b/packages/rate-limit/rate-limit.js
index 45fc64a2af..b991433fbb 100644
--- a/packages/rate-limit/rate-limit.js
+++ b/packages/rate-limit/rate-limit.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ RateLimiter = function() {
  * @return {object} Returns object of whether method invocation is valid, time
  * to next reset and number invocations left
  */
-RateLimiter.prototype.check = function( methodInvocation ) {
+/*RateLimiter.prototype.check = function( methodInvocation ) {
   var self = this;
   var reply = {
     valid: true,
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ RateLimiter.prototype.check = function( methodInvocation ) {
   } );
 
   return reply;
-}
+} */
 
 RateLimiter.prototype.newCheck = function ( input )  {
   var self = this;
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ RateLimiter.prototype.addRule = function( rule, numRequestsAllowed,
  * added 'method' attribute listing the method name
  * @return {boolean} Returns whether the methodInvocation matches inputted rule
  */
-RateLimiter.prototype.matchRuleUsingFind = function( rule, methodInvocation ) {
+/*RateLimiter.prototype.matchRuleUsingFind = function( rule, methodInvocation ) {
   var self = this;
   var ruleMatches = true;
   _.find( RATE_LIMITING_DICT, function( value, key ) {
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ RateLimiter.prototype.matchRuleUsingFind = function( rule, methodInvocation ) {
   } );
 
   return ruleMatches;
-}
+}*/
 
 RateLimiter.prototype._matchRule = function ( rule, input ) {
   var self = this;
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ RateLimiter.prototype._matchRule = function ( rule, input ) {
  * @param  {object} methodInvocation DDPCommon.MethodInvocation object with
  * added 'method' attribute listing the method name
  */
-RateLimiter.prototype.increment = function( methodInvocation ) {
+/*RateLimiter.prototype.increment = function( methodInvocation ) {
   var self = this;
   // Figure out all the rules this method invocation matches
   _.each( this.rules, function( rule ) {
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ RateLimiter.prototype.increment = function( methodInvocation ) {
       }
     }
   } );
-}
+}*/
 
 RateLimiter.prototype.newIncrement = function ( input ) {
   var self = this;
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ RateLimiter.prototype._createNewRuleId = function() {
  * @return {string} Key string made of all fields from rule that match in
  * method invocation
  */
-RateLimiter.prototype._generateMethodInvocationKeyStringFromRuleMapping =
+/*RateLimiter.prototype._generateMethodInvocationKeyStringFromRuleMapping =
   function( rule, methodInvocation ) {
     var self = this;
     var returnString = "";
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ RateLimiter.prototype._generateMethodInvocationKeyStringFromRuleMapping =
       }
     } );
     return returnString;
-  }
+  }*/
 
 RateLimiter.prototype._generateKeyString = function (rule, input) {
   var self = this;
@@ -283,11 +283,13 @@ RateLimiter.prototype._generateKeyString = function (rule, input) {
   _.each( rule, function ( value, key) {
     if (value !== null) {
       if (typeof value === 'function') {
-        if (value(input[key]))
+        if (value(input[key])){
           returnString += key +  input[key];
+        }
       }
-      else
+      else{
         returnString += key + input[key];
+      }
     }
   });
   return returnString;
@@ -302,7 +304,7 @@ RateLimiter.prototype._generateKeyString = function (rule, input) {
  * @return {object} Returns a string, value, or object of whatever is stored in
  * appropriate field in MethodInvocation
  */
-RateLimiter.prototype._ruleMappingtoMethodInvocationDict = function( key,
+/*RateLimiter.prototype._ruleMappingtoMethodInvocationDict = function( key,
   methodInvocation ) {
 
   var arr = RATE_LIMITING_DICT[ key ].split( '.' );
@@ -311,8 +313,8 @@ RateLimiter.prototype._ruleMappingtoMethodInvocationDict = function( key,
       methodInvocation = methodInvocation[ firstGuy ];
   }
   return methodInvocation;
-};
-
+}; */
+/*
 RateLimiter.prototype._matchRuleHelper = function( rule, methodInvocation ) {
   var self = this;
 
@@ -325,7 +327,7 @@ RateLimiter.prototype._matchRuleHelper = function( rule, methodInvocation ) {
     timeSinceLastReset: timeSinceLastReset,
     timeToNextReset: timeToNextReset
   };
-}
+} */
 
 RateLimiter.prototype._newRuleHelper = function (rule, input) {
   var self = this;