diff --git a/app/Main.hs b/app/Main.hs
index 24d66a9..043d123 100644
--- a/app/Main.hs
+++ b/app/Main.hs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ readConfig = do
     -- waiting for timeout
     let
         speedup = read speedupString
+        statsEvalD = 120 * 10^6 `div` speedup
         confBootstrapNodes' = case remainingArgs of
             bootstrapHost : bootstrapPortString : _ ->
                 [(bootstrapHost, read bootstrapPortString)]
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ readConfig = do
           , confKChoicesOverload = 0.9
           , confKChoicesUnderload = 0.1
           , confKChoicesMaxVS = 8
+          , confKChoicesRebalanceInterval = round  (realToFrac statsEvalD * 1.1 :: Double)
           }
         sConf = ServiceConf
           { confSubscriptionExpiryTime = 24*3600 / fromIntegral speedup
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ readConfig = do
           , confServiceHost = confDomainString
           , confLogfilePath = "../simulationData/logs/" <> confDomainString <> ".log"
           , confSpeedupFactor = speedup
-          , confStatsEvalDelay = 120 * 10^6 `div` speedup
+          , confStatsEvalDelay = statsEvalD
           }
     pure (fConf, sConf)
 
diff --git a/src/Hash2Pub/FediChordTypes.hs b/src/Hash2Pub/FediChordTypes.hs
index 3852bd1..3a954d1 100644
--- a/src/Hash2Pub/FediChordTypes.hs
+++ b/src/Hash2Pub/FediChordTypes.hs
@@ -459,6 +459,8 @@ data FediChordConf = FediChordConf
     -- ^ fraction of capacity below which a node considers itself underloaded
     , confKChoicesMaxVS             :: Word8
     -- ^ upper limit of vserver index κ
+    , confKChoicesRebalanceInterval :: Int
+    -- ^ interval between vserver rebalance attempts
     }
     deriving (Show, Eq)