diff --git a/aquatic_http_load_test/src/config.rs b/aquatic_http_load_test/src/config.rs
index 84b92d1..f871bc4 100644
--- a/aquatic_http_load_test/src/config.rs
+++ b/aquatic_http_load_test/src/config.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
 pub struct Config {
     pub server_address: SocketAddr,
     pub num_workers: u8,
+    pub num_connections: usize,
     pub duration: usize,
     pub network: NetworkConfig,
     pub torrents: TorrentConfig,
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ pub struct Config {
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(default)]
 pub struct NetworkConfig {
+    pub connection_creation_interval: usize,
     pub poll_timeout_microseconds: u64,
     pub poll_event_capacity: usize,
 }
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ impl Default for Config {
         Self {
             server_address: "127.0.0.1:3000".parse().unwrap(),
             num_workers: 1,
+            num_connections: 128,
             duration: 0,
             network: NetworkConfig::default(),
             torrents: TorrentConfig::default(),
@@ -56,8 +59,9 @@ impl Default for Config {
 impl Default for NetworkConfig {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
-            poll_timeout_microseconds: 1000,
-            poll_event_capacity: 4096,
+            connection_creation_interval: 40,
+            poll_timeout_microseconds: 47,
+            poll_event_capacity: 1024,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/aquatic_http_load_test/src/network.rs b/aquatic_http_load_test/src/network.rs
index 3028d02..4906346 100644
--- a/aquatic_http_load_test/src/network.rs
+++ b/aquatic_http_load_test/src/network.rs
@@ -175,18 +175,15 @@ impl Connection {
 pub type ConnectionMap = Slab<Connection>;
 
 
-const NUM_CONNECTIONS: usize = 128;
-const CREATE_CONN_INTERVAL: usize = 2 ^ 18;
-
-
 pub fn run_socket_thread(
     config: &Config,
     state: LoadTestState,
     num_initial_requests: usize,
 ) {
     let timeout = Duration::from_micros(config.network.poll_timeout_microseconds);
+    let create_conn_interval = 2 ^ config.network.connection_creation_interval;
 
-    let mut connections: ConnectionMap = Slab::with_capacity(NUM_CONNECTIONS);
+    let mut connections: ConnectionMap = Slab::with_capacity(config.num_connections);
     let mut poll = Poll::new().expect("create poll");
     let mut events = Events::with_capacity(config.network.poll_event_capacity);
     let mut rng = SmallRng::from_entropy();
@@ -244,7 +241,7 @@ pub fn run_socket_thread(
         }
 
         // Slowly create new connections
-        if token_counter < NUM_CONNECTIONS && iter_counter % CREATE_CONN_INTERVAL == 0 {
+        if token_counter < config.num_connections && iter_counter % create_conn_interval == 0 {
             Connection::create_and_register(
                 config,
                 &mut connections,