diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 887425d..3974b88 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ func main() {
 		v = settings()
 		l = newLogger(v)
 		g = newGracefulContext(l)
+		d = v.GetDuration("rebalance_timer")
 	)
 
 	if v.GetBool("verbose") {
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ func main() {
 		timeout: v.GetDuration("request_timeout"),
 	}
 
-	go checkConnection(g, r.pool)
+	go checkConnection(g, d, r.pool)
 
 	e := echo.New()
 	e.Debug = false
@@ -91,8 +92,7 @@ func main() {
 	l.Info("stopping server", zap.Error(e.Shutdown(ctx)))
 }
 
-func checkConnection(ctx context.Context, p *Pool) {
-	dur := time.Second * 15
+func checkConnection(ctx context.Context, dur time.Duration, p *Pool) {
 	tick := time.NewTimer(dur)
 
 loop:
diff --git a/settings.go b/settings.go
index 10243da..f21bfd9 100644
--- a/settings.go
+++ b/settings.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ const (
 
 	defaultTTL = minimumTTLInMinutes * time.Minute
 
+	defaultRebalanceTimer = 15 * time.Second
 	defaultRequestTimeout = 15 * time.Second
 	defaultConnectTimeout = 30 * time.Second
 
@@ -86,6 +87,8 @@ func settings() *viper.Viper {
 	flags.Bool("verbose", false, "debug gRPC connections")
 	flags.Duration("request_timeout", defaultRequestTimeout, "gRPC request timeout")
 	flags.Duration("connect_timeout", defaultConnectTimeout, "gRPC connect timeout")
+	flags.Duration("rebalance_timer", defaultRebalanceTimer, "gRPC connection rebalance timer")
+
 	ttl := flags.DurationP("conn_ttl", "t", defaultTTL, "gRPC connection time to live")
 
 	flags.String("listen_address", "0.0.0.0:8082", "HTTP Gateway listen address")