diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 7d1da536..95c965b7 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@
           inlineToolbar: true,
           shortcut: 'CMD+SHIFT+L',
           config: {
-            defaultStyle: 'checklist'
+            defaultStyle: 'checklist',
+            maxLevel: 4,
           }
         },
       },
@@ -119,7 +120,6 @@
             data: {
               style: 'ordered',
               start: 2,
-              maxLevel: 5,
               items: [
                 {
                   content: "Canon",
diff --git a/src/ListTabulator/index.ts b/src/ListTabulator/index.ts
index bde034d9..53f0a192 100644
--- a/src/ListTabulator/index.ts
+++ b/src/ListTabulator/index.ts
@@ -959,13 +959,13 @@ export default class ListTabulator<Renderer extends ListRenderer> {
     /**
      * Check that maxLevel specified in config
      */
-    if (this.data.maxLevel !== undefined) {
+    if (this.config?.maxLevel !== undefined) {
       const currentItemLevel = this.currentItemLevel;
 
       /**
        * Check that current item is not in the maximum nesting level
        */
-      if (currentItemLevel !== null && currentItemLevel === this.data.maxLevel) {
+      if (currentItemLevel !== null && currentItemLevel === this.config.maxLevel) {
         return;
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/types/ListParams.ts b/src/types/ListParams.ts
index f7888f22..8461ca92 100644
--- a/src/types/ListParams.ts
+++ b/src/types/ListParams.ts
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@ export interface ListData {
    * list of first-level elements
    */
   items: ListItem[];
-  /**
-   * Max level of the nesting in list
-   * If nesting is not needed, it could be set to 1
-   */
-  maxLevel?: number;
   /**
    * Start property used only in ordered list
    */
@@ -76,4 +71,9 @@ export interface NestedListConfig {
    * default is unordered
    */
   defaultStyle?: ListDataStyle;
+  /**
+   * Max level of the nesting in list
+   * If nesting is not needed, it could be set to 1
+   */
+  maxLevel?: number;
 }