diff --git a/kubernetes/dmaap/charts/message-router/charts/message-router-kafka/values.yaml b/kubernetes/dmaap/charts/message-router/charts/message-router-kafka/values.yaml
index 6569729..6c121f9 100644
--- a/kubernetes/dmaap/charts/message-router/charts/message-router-kafka/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/dmaap/charts/message-router/charts/message-router-kafka/values.yaml
@@ -54,14 +54,14 @@
 
 # probe configuration parameters
 liveness:
-  initialDelaySeconds: 10
+  initialDelaySeconds: 60
   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: 60
   periodSeconds: 10
 
 ## Persist data to a persitent volume