diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 084d844..94c3936 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -195,6 +195,14 @@ To enable this, add the following value to the package config:
 'allow_same_location_login' => true,
 ```
 
+## Using Paid API
+
+Be default, this package uses the free api provided by [ip-api.com](https://ip-api.com/). If you would like to use their [paid API](https://members.ip-api.com/) to increase rate limiting, you can set the following env value with your api key:
+
+```
+IP_API_KEY=your_api_key
+```
+
 ## License
 
 The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.
diff --git a/config/config.php b/config/config.php
index a2d0b6d..08f32a0 100644
--- a/config/config.php
+++ b/config/config.php
@@ -23,4 +23,8 @@
     // This is useful when using a network which switches IP addresses frequently. Not recommended for most use cases.
     // Will check if given user has logged in from the given city, and region.
     'allow_same_location_login' => false,
+
+    // This package uses the https://members.ip-api.com/ API to get the location data for an IP address.
+    // You can use a paid API key to increase the rate limit.
+    'ip-api-key' => env('IP_API_KEY'),
 ];
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Services/IPAddressDriver.php b/src/Services/IPAddressDriver.php
index f4bb2c9..a9c69d9 100644
--- a/src/Services/IPAddressDriver.php
+++ b/src/Services/IPAddressDriver.php
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ public function __construct(
 
     public function handle(): void
     {
-        $ipLocationData = Http::retry(3)->get('http://ip-api.com/json/'.$this->ipAddress)?->json();
+        $ipLocationData = Http::retry(3)
+            ->withQueryParameters(['api_key' => config('security-notifications.ip_api_key')])
+            ->get('http://ip-api.com/json/'.$this->ipAddress)
+            ?->json();
 
         throw_if(is_null($ipLocationData), new Exception('Failed to get IP location data for: '.$this->ipAddress));
 
diff --git a/tests/Unit/IPAddressHandlerTest.php b/tests/Unit/IPAddressHandlerTest.php
index ae1ffed..72e9548 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/IPAddressHandlerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/IPAddressHandlerTest.php
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 
     Http::shouldReceive('retry')
         ->andReturnSelf();
+    Http::shouldReceive('withQueryParameters')
+        ->andReturnSelf();
     Http::shouldReceive('get')
         ->with('http://ip-api.com/json/127.0.0.1')
         ->once()
@@ -62,6 +64,8 @@
 
     Http::shouldReceive('retry')
         ->andReturnSelf();
+    Http::shouldReceive('withQueryParameters')
+        ->andReturnSelf();
     Http::shouldReceive('get')
         ->with('http://ip-api.com/json/'.$login->ip_address)
         ->once()
@@ -101,6 +105,8 @@
 
     Http::shouldReceive('retry')
         ->andReturnSelf();
+    Http::shouldReceive('withQueryParameters')
+        ->andReturnSelf();
     Http::shouldReceive('get')
         ->with('http://ip-api.com/json/127.0.0.1')
         ->once()
@@ -140,6 +146,8 @@
 
     Http::shouldReceive('retry')
         ->andReturnSelf();
+    Http::shouldReceive('withQueryParameters')
+        ->andReturnSelf();
     Http::shouldReceive('get')
         ->with('http://ip-api.com/json/127.0.0.1')
         ->once()
@@ -198,6 +206,8 @@
 
     Http::shouldReceive('retry')
         ->andReturnSelf();
+    Http::shouldReceive('withQueryParameters')
+        ->andReturnSelf();
     Http::shouldReceive('get')
         ->with('http://ip-api.com/json/128.0.0.1')
         ->once()