diff --git a/deploy/default.properties b/deploy/default.properties
index 80d9e6ff..eb8a885a 100755
--- a/deploy/default.properties
+++ b/deploy/default.properties
@@ -260,3 +260,9 @@ http.retry-count=3
 http.open-timeout=5
 http.read-timeout=300
 http.retry-delay=15
+
+#
+# Verified restart config
+#
+verify_retry_max=5
+verify_retry_interval=10
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diff --git a/deploy/lib/server_config.rb b/deploy/lib/server_config.rb
index 4ca2e2f0..b8a0c5d1 100644
--- a/deploy/lib/server_config.rb
+++ b/deploy/lib/server_config.rb
@@ -566,8 +566,8 @@ def restart
       old_timestamp = go(%Q{http://#{@properties["ml.server"]}:8001/admin/v1/timestamp}, "get").body
       restart_basic
       retry_count = 0
-      retry_max = 5
-      retry_interval= 10
+      retry_max = @properties["ml.verify_retry_max"].to_i
+      retry_interval = @properties["ml.verify_retry_interval"].to_i
       new_timestamp = old_timestamp
       while retry_count < retry_max do
         begin