diff --git a/aquatic_ws_load_test/src/config.rs b/aquatic_ws_load_test/src/config.rs
index c78818b..2caff37 100644
--- a/aquatic_ws_load_test/src/config.rs
+++ b/aquatic_ws_load_test/src/config.rs
@@ -18,6 +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,
 }
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ impl Default for Config {
 impl Default for NetworkConfig {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
+            connection_creation_interval: 40,
             poll_timeout_microseconds: 1000,
             poll_event_capacity: 4096,
         }
diff --git a/aquatic_ws_load_test/src/network.rs b/aquatic_ws_load_test/src/network.rs
index 6bbeb3d..d4f0619 100644
--- a/aquatic_ws_load_test/src/network.rs
+++ b/aquatic_ws_load_test/src/network.rs
@@ -241,15 +241,13 @@ impl Connection {
 pub type ConnectionMap = HashMap<usize, Connection>;
 
 
-const CREATE_CONN_INTERVAL: usize = 2 ^ 30;
-
-
 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 = HashMap::with_capacity(config.num_connections);
     let mut poll = Poll::new().expect("create poll");
@@ -351,7 +349,7 @@ pub fn run_socket_thread(
         }
 
         // Slowly create new connections
-        if token_counter < config.num_connections && iter_counter % CREATE_CONN_INTERVAL == 0 {
+        if token_counter < config.num_connections && iter_counter % create_conn_interval == 0 {
             let res = Connection::create_and_register(
                 config,
                 &mut connections,