diff --git a/app/Main.hs b/app/Main.hs
index 80c0520..a620fe8 100644
--- a/app/Main.hs
+++ b/app/Main.hs
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ readConfig = do
           , confServicePort = read servicePortString
           , confServiceHost = confDomainString
           , confLogfilePath = "../simulationData/logs/" <> confDomainString <> ".log"
+          , confSpeedupFactor = speedup
+          , confStatsEvalDelay = 35 * 10^6 `div` speedup
           }
     pure (fConf, sConf)
 
diff --git a/src/Hash2Pub/FediChordTypes.hs b/src/Hash2Pub/FediChordTypes.hs
index 725031e..4ce20a7 100644
--- a/src/Hash2Pub/FediChordTypes.hs
+++ b/src/Hash2Pub/FediChordTypes.hs
@@ -459,6 +459,10 @@ data ServiceConf = ServiceConf
     -- ^ hostname of service
     , confLogfilePath            :: String
     -- ^ where to store the (measurement) log file
+    , confStatsEvalDelay         :: Int
+    -- ^ delay between statistic rate measurement samplings, in microseconds
+    , confSpeedupFactor          :: Int
+    -- While the speedup factor needs to be already included in all
     }
 
 class DHT d where
diff --git a/src/Hash2Pub/PostService.hs b/src/Hash2Pub/PostService.hs
index 7a082d0..d3e7daf 100644
--- a/src/Hash2Pub/PostService.hs
+++ b/src/Hash2Pub/PostService.hs
@@ -743,9 +743,6 @@ data RelayStats = RelayStats
     }
 
 
--- TODO: make delay configurable
-statsEvalDelay = 300000
-
 
 launchStatsThreads :: PostService d -> IO ()
 launchStatsThreads serv = do
@@ -795,7 +792,7 @@ evaluateStatsThread :: PostService d -> TVar RelayStats -> IO ()
 evaluateStatsThread serv statsAcc = getPOSIXTime >>= loop
   where
       loop previousTs = do
-          threadDelay statsEvalDelay
+          threadDelay $ confStatsEvalDelay (serviceConf serv)
           -- get and reset the stats accumulator
           summedStats <- atomically $ do
               stats <- readTVar statsAcc
@@ -806,7 +803,8 @@ evaluateStatsThread serv statsAcc = getPOSIXTime >>= loop
           now <- getPOSIXTime
           -- evaluate stats rate and replace server stats
           -- persistently store in a TVar so it can be retrieved later by the DHT
-          atomically . writeTVar (loadStats serv) . evaluateStats (now - previousTs) $ summedStats
+          let timePassed = (now - previousTs) * fromIntegral (confSpeedupFactor $ serviceConf serv)
+          atomically . writeTVar (loadStats serv) . evaluateStats timePassed $ summedStats
           -- and now what? write a log to file
           -- format: total relayReceiveRates;total relayDeliveryRates;postFetchRate;postPublishRate
           -- later: current (reported) load, target load
@@ -833,7 +831,6 @@ evaluateStats timeInterval summedStats =
     , postFetchRate = postFetchRate summedStats / intervalSeconds
     }
   where
-      -- TODO: take speedup into account
       intervalSeconds = fromIntegral (fromEnum timeInterval) / 10^12