diff --git a/apps/accounts/src/accounts.app.ts b/apps/accounts/src/accounts.app.ts
index 59b4d3a..d00b2dd 100644
--- a/apps/accounts/src/accounts.app.ts
+++ b/apps/accounts/src/accounts.app.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ function unauthorized(c: Context<App>) {
 }
 
 /** Username changes a fresh account starts with (until one has been consumed). */
-const DEFAULT_USERNAME_CHANGES = 1
+const DEFAULT_USERNAME_CHANGES = 3
 
 /**
  * Username-change result envelope: `{ success, error, value }`, always HTTP 200.