diff --git a/src/fmri/Options.cpp b/src/fmri/Options.cpp
index 6944cbd..c778f9e 100644
--- a/src/fmri/Options.cpp
+++ b/src/fmri/Options.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <boost/program_options.hpp>
 #include <glog/logging.h>
 #include "Options.hpp"
+#include "visualisations.hpp"
 
 using namespace fmri;
 
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ Options::Options(int argc, char * const argv[]):
                 ("layer-opacity", value_for(layerTransparancy_), "Opacity for layers")
                 ("interaction-opacity", value_for(interactionTransparancy_), "Opacity for interactions")
                 ("layer-distance", value_for(LAYER_X_OFFSET), "Distance between layers")
+                ("interaction-limit", value_for(INTERACTION_LIMIT), "Maximum number of interactions per layer")
                 ("dump,d", value<std::string>(&dumpPath), "dump convolutional images in this directory");
 
         options_description composed = desc;
diff --git a/src/fmri/visualisations.cpp b/src/fmri/visualisations.cpp
index 77710d9..43d1632 100644
--- a/src/fmri/visualisations.cpp
+++ b/src/fmri/visualisations.cpp
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
 using namespace fmri;
 using namespace std;
 
-// Maximum number of interactions shown
-static constexpr size_t INTERACTION_LIMIT = 10000;
+std::size_t fmri::INTERACTION_LIMIT = 10000;
 
 typedef vector<pair<float, pair<size_t, size_t>>> EntryList;
 
diff --git a/src/fmri/visualisations.hpp b/src/fmri/visualisations.hpp
index 40d5526..06305f9 100644
--- a/src/fmri/visualisations.hpp
+++ b/src/fmri/visualisations.hpp
@@ -6,6 +6,20 @@
 #include "LayerInfo.hpp"
 
 namespace fmri {
+    /**
+     * Maximum number of interactions per layer.
+     *
+     * Controls the number of interactions per layer for performance
+     * reasons. Only the top INTERACTION_LIMIT interactions are shown
+     * to limit the amount of computations needed for animation.
+     *
+     * Note that this number currently applies only to InnerProduct
+     * type layers.
+     *
+     * This value is set from the options parser.
+     */
+    extern std::size_t INTERACTION_LIMIT;
+
     /**
      * Generate a static visualisation of a layer state.
      *
diff --git a/src/tools/launcher.cpp b/src/tools/launcher.cpp
index 03f1385..f00409d 100644
--- a/src/tools/launcher.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/launcher.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@ void float_parameter(std::vector<char *> &argv, std::string_view flag, double va
     argv.push_back(wrap_string(buffer));
 }
 
+void int_parameter(std::vector<char*> &argv, std::string_view flag, int value)
+{
+    char buffer[100];
+    argv.push_back(wrap_string(flag));
+    std::sprintf(buffer, "%d", value);
+    argv.push_back(wrap_string(buffer));
+}
+
 void set_default_path(Gtk::FileChooserButton& chooser, const char* path)
 {
     if (file_exists(path)) {
@@ -101,6 +109,7 @@ private:
     Gtk::Scale layerDistance;
     Gtk::Scale layerTransparancy;
     Gtk::Scale interactionTransparancy;
+    Gtk::SpinButton interactionLimit;
     Gtk::Button startButton;
 
     void start();
@@ -125,6 +134,7 @@ Launcher::Launcher()
         layerDistance(Gtk::Adjustment::create(10, 0, 100, 0, 0.1, 0)),
         layerTransparancy(Gtk::Adjustment::create(1, 0, 1, 0.0, 1.f / 256)),
         interactionTransparancy(Gtk::Adjustment::create(1, 0, 1, 0.0, 1.f / 256)),
+        interactionLimit(Gtk::Adjustment::create(10000, 4096, std::numeric_limits<int>::max()), 10000),
         startButton("Start FMRI")
 {
     set_default_size(400, -1);
@@ -162,6 +172,7 @@ Launcher::Launcher()
     addRowWithLabel("Layer distance", layerDistance);
     addRowWithLabel("Layer transparancy", layerTransparancy);
     addRowWithLabel("Interaction transparancy", interactionTransparancy);
+    addRowWithLabel("Interaction limit", interactionLimit);
 
     startButton.signal_clicked().connect(sigc::mem_fun(*this, &Launcher::start));
     grid.attach_next_to(startButton, Gtk::PositionType::POS_BOTTOM, 2, 1);
@@ -201,6 +212,7 @@ void Launcher::start()
     float_parameter(argv, "--layer-opacity", layerTransparancy.get_value());
     float_parameter(argv, "--interaction-opacity", interactionTransparancy.get_value());
     float_parameter(argv, "--layer-distance", layerDistance.get_value());
+    int_parameter(argv, "--interaction-limit", interactionLimit.get_value());
 
     if (labelChooser.get_file()) {
         argv.push_back(wrap_string("-l"));