diff --git a/client/src/main/java/io/split/client/SplitClientConfig.java b/client/src/main/java/io/split/client/SplitClientConfig.java
index 7b2ae0e5b..d76bd57b9 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/io/split/client/SplitClientConfig.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/io/split/client/SplitClientConfig.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ public class SplitClientConfig {
     private final int _onDemandFetchMaxRetries;
     private final int _failedAttemptsBeforeLogging;
     private final boolean _cdnDebugLogging;
+    private long _validateAfterInactivityInMillis;
 
     // Proxy configs
     private final HttpHost _proxy;
@@ -106,7 +107,8 @@ private SplitClientConfig(String endpoint,
                               int onDemandFetchRetryDelayMs,
                               int onDemandFetchMaxRetries,
                               int failedAttemptsBeforeLogging,
-                              boolean cdnDebugLogging) {
+                              boolean cdnDebugLogging,
+                              long validateAfterInactivityInMillis) {
         _endpoint = endpoint;
         _eventsEndpoint = eventsEndpoint;
         _featuresRefreshRate = pollForFeatureChangesEveryNSeconds;
@@ -143,6 +145,7 @@ private SplitClientConfig(String endpoint,
         _onDemandFetchMaxRetries = onDemandFetchMaxRetries;
         _failedAttemptsBeforeLogging = failedAttemptsBeforeLogging;
         _cdnDebugLogging = cdnDebugLogging;
+        _validateAfterInactivityInMillis = validateAfterInactivityInMillis;
 
         Properties props = new Properties();
         try {
@@ -286,6 +289,9 @@ public int get_telemetryRefreshRate() {
 
     public boolean cdnDebugLogging() { return _cdnDebugLogging; }
 
+    public long validateAfterInactivityInMillis() {
+        return _validateAfterInactivityInMillis;
+    }
 
     public static final class Builder {
 
@@ -323,11 +329,12 @@ public static final class Builder {
         private String _authServiceURL = AUTH_ENDPOINT;
         private String _streamingServiceURL = STREAMING_ENDPOINT;
         private String _telemetryURl = TELEMETRY_ENDPOINT;
-        private int _telemetryRefreshRate = 60;
+        private int _telemetryRefreshRate = 3600;
         private int _onDemandFetchRetryDelayMs = 50;
         private final int _onDemandFetchMaxRetries = 10;
         private final int _failedAttemptsBeforeLogging = 10;
         private final boolean _cdnDebugLogging = true;
+        private long _validateAfterInactivityInMillis = 1000;
 
         public Builder() {
         }
@@ -719,8 +726,7 @@ public Builder streamingServiceURL(String streamingServiceURL) {
             return this;
         }
 
-        /**
-         * Set telemetry service URL.
+         /** Set telemetry service URL.
          * @param telemetryURL
          * @return
          */
@@ -817,10 +823,15 @@ public SplitClientConfig build() {
             if (_onDemandFetchRetryDelayMs <= 0) {
                 throw new IllegalStateException("streamingRetryDelay must be > 0");
             }
+
             if(_onDemandFetchMaxRetries <= 0) {
                 throw new IllegalStateException("_onDemandFetchMaxRetries must be > 0");
             }
 
+            if(_telemetryRefreshRate <= 60) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException("_telemetryRefreshRate must be >= 60");
+            }
+
             return new SplitClientConfig(
                     _endpoint,
                     _eventsEndpoint,
@@ -857,7 +868,8 @@ public SplitClientConfig build() {
                     _onDemandFetchRetryDelayMs,
                     _onDemandFetchMaxRetries,
                     _failedAttemptsBeforeLogging,
-                    _cdnDebugLogging);
+                    _cdnDebugLogging,
+                    _validateAfterInactivityInMillis);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/io/split/client/SplitFactoryImpl.java b/client/src/main/java/io/split/client/SplitFactoryImpl.java
index 1489bafec..eca563c84 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/io/split/client/SplitFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/io/split/client/SplitFactoryImpl.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.io.SocketConfig;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.ssl.TLS;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.ssl.SSLContexts;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.util.TimeValue;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.util.Timeout;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -258,6 +259,7 @@ private static CloseableHttpClient buildHttpClient(String apiToken, SplitClientC
                 .setDefaultSocketConfig(SocketConfig.custom()
                         .setSoTimeout(Timeout.ofMilliseconds(config.readTimeout()))
                         .build())
+                .setValidateAfterInactivity(TimeValue.ofMilliseconds(config.validateAfterInactivityInMillis()))
                 .build();
         cm.setMaxTotal(20);
         cm.setDefaultMaxPerRoute(20);