diff --git a/codexcrawler/components/chainmetrics.nim b/codexcrawler/components/chainmetrics.nim
index b23041c..4956ba0 100644
--- a/codexcrawler/components/chainmetrics.nim
+++ b/codexcrawler/components/chainmetrics.nim
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ method start*(c: ChainMetrics): Future[?!void] {.async.} =
     return await c.step()
 
   if c.state.config.marketplaceEnable:
-    await c.state.whileRunning(onStep, 10.minutes)
+    await c.state.whileRunning(onStep, c.state.config.requestCheckDelay.minutes)
 
   return success()
 
diff --git a/codexcrawler/config.nim b/codexcrawler/config.nim
index 10f434b..47fca12 100644
--- a/codexcrawler/config.nim
+++ b/codexcrawler/config.nim
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ let doc =
 Codex Network Crawler. Generates network metrics.
 
 Usage:
-  codexcrawler [--logLevel=<l>] [--publicIp=<a>] [--metricsAddress=<ip>] [--metricsPort=<p>] [--dataDir=<dir>] [--discoveryPort=<p>] [--bootNodes=<n>] [--dhtEnable=<e>] [--stepDelay=<ms>] [--revisitDelay=<m>] [--checkDelay=<m>]  [--expiryDelay=<m>] [--marketplaceEnable=<e>] [--ethProvider=<a>] [--marketplaceAddress=<a>]
+  codexcrawler [--logLevel=<l>] [--publicIp=<a>] [--metricsAddress=<ip>] [--metricsPort=<p>] [--dataDir=<dir>] [--discoveryPort=<p>] [--bootNodes=<n>] [--dhtEnable=<e>] [--stepDelay=<ms>] [--revisitDelay=<m>] [--checkDelay=<m>]  [--expiryDelay=<m>] [--marketplaceEnable=<e>] [--ethProvider=<a>] [--marketplaceAddress=<a>] [--requestCheckDelay=<m>]
 
 Options:
   --logLevel=<l>                    Sets log level [default: INFO]
@@ -20,14 +20,17 @@ Options:
   --dataDir=<dir>                   Directory for storing data [default: crawler_data]
   --discoveryPort=<p>               Port used for DHT [default: 8090]
   --bootNodes=<n>                   Semi-colon-separated list of Codex bootstrap SPRs [default: testnet_sprs]
+
   --dhtEnable=<e>                   Set to "1" to enable DHT crawler [default: 0]
   --stepDelay=<ms>                  Delay in milliseconds per node visit [default: 1000]
   --revisitDelay=<m>                Delay in minutes after which a node can be revisited [default: 60]
   --checkDelay=<m>                  Delay with which the 'revisitDelay' is checked for all known nodes [default: 10]
   --expiryDelay=<m>                 Delay in minutes after which unresponsive nodes are discarded [default: 1440] (24h)
+
   --marketplaceEnable=<e>           Set to "1" to enable marketplace metrics [default: 1]
   --ethProvider=<a>                 Address including http(s) or ws of the eth provider
   --marketplaceAddress=<a>          Eth address of Codex contracts deployment
+  --requestCheckDelay=<m>           Delay in minutes after which storage contract status is (re)checked [default: 10]
 """
 
 import strutils
@@ -51,6 +54,7 @@ type Config* = ref object
   marketplaceEnable*: bool
   ethProvider*: string
   marketplaceAddress*: string
+  requestCheckDelay*: int
 
 proc `$`*(config: Config): string =
   "Crawler:" & " logLevel=" & config.logLevel & " publicIp=" & config.publicIp &
@@ -61,7 +65,7 @@ proc `$`*(config: Config): string =
     " expiryDelayMins=" & $config.expiryDelayMins & " checkDelayMins=" &
     $config.checkDelayMins & " marketplaceEnable=" & $config.marketplaceEnable &
     " ethProvider=" & config.ethProvider & " marketplaceAddress=" &
-    config.marketplaceAddress
+    config.marketplaceAddress & " requestCheckDelay=" & $config.requestCheckDelay
 
 proc getDefaultTestnetBootNodes(): seq[string] =
   @[
@@ -124,4 +128,5 @@ proc parseConfig*(): Config =
     marketplaceEnable: getEnable(get("--marketplaceEnable")),
     ethProvider: get("--ethProvider"),
     marketplaceAddress: get("--marketplaceAddress"),
+    requestCheckDelay: parseInt(get("--requestCheckDelay"))
   )
diff --git a/docker/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker/docker-entrypoint.sh
index a9846a4..d7b1abc 100644
--- a/docker/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ EXPIRYDELAY=${CRAWLER_EXPIRYDELAY:-1440}
 MARKETPLACEENABLE=${CRAWLER_MARKETPLACEENABLE:-1}
 ETHPROVIDER=${CRAWLER_ETHPROVIDER:-NULL}
 MARKETPLACEADDRESS=${CRAWLER_MARKETPLACEADDRESS:-NULL}
+REQUESTCHECKDELAY=${CRAWLER_REQUESTCHECKDELAY:-10}
 
 # Update CLI arguments
-set -- "$@" --logLevel="${LOGLEVEL}" --publicIp="${PUBLICIP}" --metricsAddress="${METRICSADDRESS}" --metricsPort="${METRICSPORT}" --dataDir="${DATADIR}" --discoveryPort="${DISCPORT}" --bootNodes="${BOOTNODES}" --dhtEnable="${DHTENABLE}" --stepDelay="${STEPDELAY}" --revisitDelay="${REVISITDELAY}" --expiryDelay="${EXPIRYDELAY}" --checkDelay="${CHECKDELAY}" --marketplaceEnable="${MARKETPLACEENABLE}" --ethProvider="${ETHPROVIDER}" --marketplaceAddress="${MARKETPLACEADDRESS}"
+set -- "$@" --logLevel="${LOGLEVEL}" --publicIp="${PUBLICIP}" --metricsAddress="${METRICSADDRESS}" --metricsPort="${METRICSPORT}" --dataDir="${DATADIR}" --discoveryPort="${DISCPORT}" --bootNodes="${BOOTNODES}" --dhtEnable="${DHTENABLE}" --stepDelay="${STEPDELAY}" --revisitDelay="${REVISITDELAY}" --expiryDelay="${EXPIRYDELAY}" --checkDelay="${CHECKDELAY}" --marketplaceEnable="${MARKETPLACEENABLE}" --ethProvider="${ETHPROVIDER}" --marketplaceAddress="${MARKETPLACEADDRESS}" --requestCheckDelay="${REQUESTCHECKDELAY}"
 
 # Run
 echo "Run Codex Crawler"
diff --git a/tests/codexcrawler/components/testchainmetrics.nim b/tests/codexcrawler/components/testchainmetrics.nim
index 1098f45..4d279dd 100644
--- a/tests/codexcrawler/components/testchainmetrics.nim
+++ b/tests/codexcrawler/components/testchainmetrics.nim
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ suite "ChainMetrics":
   proc onStep() {.async.} =
     (await state.steppers[0]()).tryGet()
 
-  test "start should start stepper for 10 minutes":
+  test "start should start stepper for config.requestCheckDelay minutes":
     check:
       state.delays.len == 1
-      state.delays[0] == 10.minutes
+      state.delays[0] == state.config.requestCheckDelay.minutes
 
   test "onStep should remove old non-running requests from request store":
     let rid = genRid()
diff --git a/tests/codexcrawler/mocks/mockstate.nim b/tests/codexcrawler/mocks/mockstate.nim
index e61ae92..cefe98d 100644
--- a/tests/codexcrawler/mocks/mockstate.nim
+++ b/tests/codexcrawler/mocks/mockstate.nim
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ method whileRunning*(s: MockState, step: OnStep, delay: Duration) {.async.} =
 proc createMockState*(): MockState =
   MockState(
     status: ApplicationStatus.Running,
-    config: Config(dhtEnable: true, marketplaceEnable: true),
+    config: Config(
+      dhtEnable: true,
+      marketplaceEnable: true,
+      requestCheckDelay: 4
+    ),
     events: Events(
       nodesFound: newAsyncDataEvent[seq[Nid]](),
       newNodesDiscovered: newAsyncDataEvent[seq[Nid]](),