diff --git a/application/src/main/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/application/config/connection/AgentConnectionConfig.java b/application/src/main/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/application/config/connection/AgentConnectionConfig.java
index 2177ca5cd..b8da91bb8 100644
--- a/application/src/main/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/application/config/connection/AgentConnectionConfig.java
+++ b/application/src/main/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/application/config/connection/AgentConnectionConfig.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ public final class AgentConnectionConfig
 {
     private ConnectionType myType = ConnectionType.datacenterAware;
     private String myLocalDatacenter;
+    private Integer myConnectionDelay;
     private Map<String, Host> myContactPoints = new HashMap<>();
     private DatacenterAware myDatacenterAware = new DatacenterAware();
     private RackAware myRackAware = new RackAware();
@@ -105,6 +106,28 @@ public String getLocalDatacenter()
         return myLocalDatacenter;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets the connectionDelay used to specify the time until the next connection
+     *
+     * @param connectionDelay
+     *         the local datacenter to set.
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("connectionDelay")
+    public void setConnectionDelay(final Integer connectionDelay)
+    {
+        myConnectionDelay = connectionDelay;
+    }
+    /**
+     * Gets the connectionDelay used to specify the time until the next connection
+     *
+     * @return the connectionDelay.
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("connectionDelay")
+    public Integer getConnectionDelay()
+    {
+        return myConnectionDelay;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Gets the DataCenterAwarePolicy used for load-balancing policy.
      *
diff --git a/application/src/main/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/application/spring/BeanConfigurator.java b/application/src/main/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/application/spring/BeanConfigurator.java
index 57e449bfb..b34791802 100644
--- a/application/src/main/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/application/spring/BeanConfigurator.java
+++ b/application/src/main/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/application/spring/BeanConfigurator.java
@@ -178,12 +178,13 @@ public DistributedNativeConnectionProvider distributedNativeConnectionProvider(
      *         if the local host name cannot be determined.
      * @throws EcChronosException
      *         if there is an error during node synchronization.
+     * @throws ConfigurationException
+     *         if there is an error during node synchronization.
      */
     @Bean
     public EccNodesSync eccNodesSync(
             final DistributedNativeConnectionProvider distributedNativeConnectionProvider
-    ) throws UnknownHostException, EcChronosException
-    {
+    ) throws UnknownHostException, EcChronosException, ConfigurationException {
         return getEccNodesSync(distributedNativeConnectionProvider);
     }
 
@@ -264,12 +265,13 @@ private static CertificateHandler createCertificateHandler(
 
     private EccNodesSync getEccNodesSync(
             final DistributedNativeConnectionProvider distributedNativeConnectionProvider
-    ) throws UnknownHostException, EcChronosException
-    {
+    ) throws UnknownHostException, EcChronosException, ConfigurationException {
+        Integer connectionDelay = config().getConnectionConfig().getCqlConnection().getAgentConnectionConfig().getConnectionDelay();
         EccNodesSync myEccNodesSync = EccNodesSync.newBuilder()
                 .withInitialNodesList(distributedNativeConnectionProvider.getNodes())
                 .withSession(distributedNativeConnectionProvider.getCqlSession())
                 .withEcchronosID(ecChronosID)
+                .withConnectionDelayInMinutes( connectionDelay )
                 .build();
         myEccNodesSync.acquireNodes();
         LOG.info("Nodes acquired with success");
diff --git a/application/src/main/resources/ecc.yml b/application/src/main/resources/ecc.yml
index 34a0f9701..67732f91b 100644
--- a/application/src/main/resources/ecc.yml
+++ b/application/src/main/resources/ecc.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ connection:
     ## to connect to. The application will use the configurations
     ## specified below, connecting to the listed hosts;
     agent:
+      connectionDelay: 60
       ## Define the Agent strategy, it can be
       ## - datacenterAware;
       ## - rackAware; and
diff --git a/data/src/main/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/data/sync/EccNodesSync.java b/data/src/main/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/data/sync/EccNodesSync.java
index 4b70b0878..40e098e68 100644
--- a/data/src/main/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/data/sync/EccNodesSync.java
+++ b/data/src/main/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/data/sync/EccNodesSync.java
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ public final class EccNodesSync
 
     private final PreparedStatement myCreateStatement;
     private final PreparedStatement myUpdateStatusStatement;
+    private final Integer connectionDelayInMinutes;
+
+
+
 
     private EccNodesSync(final Builder builder) throws UnknownHostException
     {
@@ -92,6 +96,8 @@ private EccNodesSync(final Builder builder) throws UnknownHostException
                 .build()
                 .setConsistencyLevel(ConsistencyLevel.LOCAL_QUORUM));
         ecChronosID = builder.myEcchronosID;
+
+        connectionDelayInMinutes = builder.connectionDelayInMinutes;
     }
 
     public void acquireNodes() throws EcChronosException
@@ -126,7 +132,7 @@ private ResultSet acquireNode(final Node node)
                 node.getEndPoint().toString(),
                 node.getState().toString(),
                 Instant.now(),
-                Instant.now().plus(DEFAULT_CONNECTION_DELAY_IN_MINUTES, ChronoUnit.MINUTES),
+                Instant.now().plus(connectionDelayInMinutes, ChronoUnit.MINUTES),
                 node.getHostId());
     }
 
@@ -220,6 +226,7 @@ public static class Builder
         private CqlSession mySession;
         private List<Node> initialNodesList;
         private String myEcchronosID;
+        private Integer connectionDelayInMinutes;
 
         /**
          * Builds EccNodesSync with session.
@@ -246,6 +253,13 @@ public Builder withInitialNodesList(final List<Node> nodes)
             this.initialNodesList = nodes;
             return this;
         }
+        public Builder withConnectionDelayInMinutes(final Integer connectionDelayInMinutes)
+        {
+            this.connectionDelayInMinutes = connectionDelayInMinutes;
+            return this;
+
+        }
+
 
         /**
          * Builds EccNodesSync with ecchronosID.