diff --git a/local/custom_service/externallib.php b/local/custom_service/externallib.php
index c4d5b3a3a0f..b6a995d3852 100644
--- a/local/custom_service/externallib.php
+++ b/local/custom_service/externallib.php
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ public static function insert_scorm_resource($courseids,$section,$scormname,$fol
         $scorm->name = $scormname;
         $scorm->reference='Test Ref.zip';
         $scorm->intro = 'Intro to SCORM';
+        $scorm->maxattempt=3;
         $scorm->introformat = FORMAT_HTML;
         $scorm->timemodified = time();