diff --git a/spring-cloud-consul-bus/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/bus/ConsulBusAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-consul-bus/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/bus/ConsulBusAutoConfiguration.java
index 14fc9f99..5951d257 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-consul-bus/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/bus/ConsulBusAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-consul-bus/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/bus/ConsulBusAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigureAfter;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnClass;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
 import org.springframework.cloud.bus.BusAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.cloud.bus.event.RemoteApplicationEvent;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 @ConditionalOnProperty(value = "spring.cloud.consul.bus.enabled", matchIfMissing = true)
 @AutoConfigureAfter(BusAutoConfiguration.class)
 @EnableScheduling
+@EnableConfigurationProperties
 public class ConsulBusAutoConfiguration {
 	@Autowired
 	@Qualifier("cloudBusInboundChannel")
@@ -51,6 +53,11 @@ public class ConsulBusAutoConfiguration {
 	@Autowired
 	ObjectMapper objectMapper;
 
+	@Bean
+	public ConsulBusProperties consulBusProperties() {
+		return new ConsulBusProperties();
+	}
+
 	@Bean
 	public EventService eventService() {
 		return new EventService();
diff --git a/spring-cloud-consul-bus/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/bus/ConsulBusProperties.java b/spring-cloud-consul-bus/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/bus/ConsulBusProperties.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b1148e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-consul-bus/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/bus/ConsulBusProperties.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013-2015 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.cloud.consul.bus;
+
+import lombok.Data;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
+
+/**
+ * @author Spencer Gibb
+ */
+@ConfigurationProperties("spring.cloud.consul.bus")
+@Data
+public class ConsulBusProperties {
+	boolean enabled = true;
+	int eventDelay = 10;
+	int eventTimeout = 2;
+}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-consul-bus/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/bus/ConsulInboundChannelAdapter.java b/spring-cloud-consul-bus/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/bus/ConsulInboundChannelAdapter.java
index 2e15d3f4..687abe62 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-consul-bus/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/bus/ConsulInboundChannelAdapter.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-consul-bus/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/bus/ConsulInboundChannelAdapter.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public class ConsulInboundChannelAdapter extends MessageProducerSupport {
 	protected void doStart() {
 	}
 
-	@Scheduled(fixedDelayString = "10")
+	@Scheduled(fixedDelayString = "${spring.cloud.consul.bus.eventDelay:10}")
 	public void getEvents() throws IOException {
 		List<Event> events = eventService.watch();
 		for (Event event : events) {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-consul-bus/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/bus/EventService.java b/spring-cloud-consul-bus/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/bus/EventService.java
index 800c524e..a0ba793c 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-consul-bus/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/bus/EventService.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-consul-bus/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/bus/EventService.java
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
  */
 public class EventService {
 
+	@Autowired
+	protected ConsulBusProperties properties;
+
 	@Autowired
 	protected ConsulClient consul;
 
@@ -108,7 +111,7 @@ public class EventService {
 		if (lastIndex != null) {
 			index = lastIndex.longValue();
 		}
-		Response<List<Event>> watch = consul.eventList(new QueryParams(2, index));
+		Response<List<Event>> watch = consul.eventList(new QueryParams(properties.eventTimeout, index));
 		return filterEvents(readEvents(watch), lastIndex);
 	}