diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9899b3c..fb7602d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ This document tracks changes to the `master` branch of the profile.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+- Exposed `max_status_check` and `wait_between_tries` for status checker [[#48][48]]
+
 ### Changed
 - Cluster cancel is now a script instead of the `bkill` command in order to handle the log file paths that come with the job ID [[#55][55]]
 
@@ -94,6 +97,7 @@ This document tracks changes to the `master` branch of the profile.
 [36]: https://github.com/Snakemake-Profiles/lsf/issues/36
 [39]: https://github.com/Snakemake-Profiles/lsf/issues/39
 [45]: https://github.com/Snakemake-Profiles/lsf/issues/45
+[48]: https://github.com/Snakemake-Profiles/lsf/issues/48
 [55]: https://github.com/Snakemake-Profiles/lsf/issues/55
 [0.1.0]: https://github.com/Snakemake-Profiles/lsf/releases/tag/0.1.0
 [0.1.1]: https://github.com/Snakemake-Profiles/lsf/releases/tag/0.1.1
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7f6a26e..54ea7bf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -254,6 +254,18 @@ From the `snakemake --help` menu
                         default is 10, fractions allowed.
 ```
 
+#### `max_status_checks`
+
+**Default**: `1`
+
+How many times to check the status of a job.
+
+#### `wait_between_tries`
+
+**Default**: `0.001`
+
+How many seconds to wait until checking the status of a job again (if `max_status_checks` is greater than 1).
+
 #### `profile_name`
 
 **Default**: `lsf`
diff --git a/cookiecutter.json b/cookiecutter.json
index 8c38871..14b4b71 100644
--- a/cookiecutter.json
+++ b/cookiecutter.json
@@ -28,5 +28,7 @@
   "default_project": "",
   "max_status_checks_per_second": 10,
   "max_jobs_per_second": 10,
+  "max_status_checks": 1,
+  "wait_between_tries": 0.001,
   "profile_name": "lsf"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.profile_name}}/CookieCutter.py b/{{cookiecutter.profile_name}}/CookieCutter.py
index 58d2729..5acf8f7 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.profile_name}}/CookieCutter.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.profile_name}}/CookieCutter.py
@@ -34,3 +34,11 @@ def get_zombi_behaviour() -> str:
     @staticmethod
     def get_latency_wait() -> float:
         return float("{{cookiecutter.latency_wait}}")
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_wait_between_tries() -> float:
+        return float("{{cookiecutter.wait_between_tries}}")
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_max_status_checks() -> int:
+        return int("{{cookiecutter.max_status_checks}}")
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.profile_name}}/lsf_status.py b/{{cookiecutter.profile_name}}/lsf_status.py
index a0d04e9..b96699a 100755
--- a/{{cookiecutter.profile_name}}/lsf_status.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.profile_name}}/lsf_status.py
@@ -227,6 +227,11 @@ def get_status(self) -> str:
         )
 
     lsf_status_checker = StatusChecker(
-        jobid, outlog, kill_unknown=kill_unknown, kill_zombie=kill_zombie
+        jobid,
+        outlog,
+        kill_unknown=kill_unknown,
+        kill_zombie=kill_zombie,
+        wait_between_tries=CookieCutter.get_wait_between_tries(),
+        max_status_checks=CookieCutter.get_max_status_checks(),
     )
     print(lsf_status_checker.get_status())