# Can we increase the sub-category dept level?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-increase-the-sub-category-dept-level/155010
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 16, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-increase-the-sub-category-dept-level/155010 "2020-06-16T14:26:32Z")
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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-increase-the-sub-category-dept-level/155010/3 "2020-06-16T15:47:27Z")

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There is a hidden `max_category_nesting` site setting that you can play with if you’re self-hosted (and you might be able to use if you’re hosted and ask nicely, but I really don’t know). You’d need to set it with an ENV variable in your `app.yml` or at the rails console. I’m pretty sure that it’s largely unsupported (my guess is that it likely _works_ because enterprise customers are using it, but you’ll probably be on your own to figure it out in the near term), so using tags is almost certainly the better approach.

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