diff --git a/src/NimBLEDevice.cpp b/src/NimBLEDevice.cpp
index c42fdc6..6758c29 100644
--- a/src/NimBLEDevice.cpp
+++ b/src/NimBLEDevice.cpp
@@ -891,11 +891,13 @@ bool NimBLEDevice::init(const std::string& deviceName) {
 
 #  if ESP_IDF_VERSION < ESP_IDF_VERSION_VAL(5, 0, 0) | !defined(CONFIG_NIMBLE_CPP_IDF)
         esp_bt_controller_config_t bt_cfg = BT_CONTROLLER_INIT_CONFIG_DEFAULT();
-#   if defined(CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32C3) || defined(CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32S3)
-        bt_cfg.bluetooth_mode = ESP_BT_MODE_BLE;
-#   else
+#   if defined(CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32)
         bt_cfg.mode         = ESP_BT_MODE_BLE;
         bt_cfg.ble_max_conn = CONFIG_BT_NIMBLE_MAX_CONNECTIONS;
+#   elif defined(CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32C3) || defined(CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32S3)
+        bt_cfg.ble_max_act = CONFIG_BT_NIMBLE_MAX_CONNECTIONS;
+#   else
+        bt_cfg.nimble_max_connections = CONFIG_BT_NIMBLE_MAX_CONNECTIONS;
 #   endif
 
 #   ifdef CONFIG_BTDM_BLE_SCAN_DUPL