diff --git a/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh b/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
index a6fef3b..c0cf82c 100755
--- a/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
+++ b/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@ if ! grep -E '^MAX_FILES_SPECIES=' /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf &>/dev/null;then
   echo "MAX_FILES_SPECIES=\"0\"" >> /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf
 fi
 
+if ! grep -E '^RARE_SPECIES_THRESHOLD=' /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf &>/dev/null;then
+  echo '## RARE_SPECIES_THRESHOLD defines after how many days a species is considered as rare and highlighted on overview page' >> /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf
+  echo "RARE_SPECIES_THRESHOLD=\"30\"" >> /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf
+fi
+
 [ -d $RECS_DIR/StreamData ] || sudo_with_user mkdir -p $RECS_DIR/StreamData
 [ -L ${EXTRACTED}/spectrogram.png ] || sudo_with_user ln -sf ${RECS_DIR}/StreamData/spectrogram.png ${EXTRACTED}/spectrogram.png