diff --git a/charts/aaf-cs/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/aaf-cs/templates/deployment.yaml
index 4253d2f..893c5ac 100644
--- a/charts/aaf-cs/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/aaf-cs/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
               - /bin/sh
               - -c
               - >
-                /bin/sleep 30;
+                /bin/sleep {{ .Values.readiness.initialDelaySeconds }};
                 cd /data/;
                 cqlsh -u root -p root -f keyspace.cql ;
                 cqlsh -u root -p root -f init.cql ;
diff --git a/charts/aaf-cs/values.yaml b/charts/aaf-cs/values.yaml
index 6d5ed6c..2131e85 100644
--- a/charts/aaf-cs/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/aaf-cs/values.yaml
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@
 
 # probe configuration parameters
 liveness:
-  initialDelaySeconds: 10
+  initialDelaySeconds: 180
   periodSeconds: 10
   # necessary to disable liveness probe when setting breakpoints
   # in debugger so K8s doesn't restart unresponsive container
   enabled: true
 
 readiness:
-  initialDelaySeconds: 10
+  initialDelaySeconds: 180
   periodSeconds: 10
 
 service: