diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/open_ended_grading_classes/combined_open_ended_modulev1.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/open_ended_grading_classes/combined_open_ended_modulev1.py
index 59ae61a66f..6c23df3c6c 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/open_ended_grading_classes/combined_open_ended_modulev1.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/open_ended_grading_classes/combined_open_ended_modulev1.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ log = logging.getLogger("mitx.courseware")
 # Set the default number of max attempts.  Should be 1 for production
 # Set higher for debugging/testing
 # attempts specified in xml definition overrides this.
-MAX_ATTEMPTS = 10000
+MAX_ATTEMPTS = 1
 
 # Set maximum available number of points.
 # Overriden by max_score specified in xml.