diff --git a/api-catalog-services/src/main/java/com/ca/mfaas/apicatalog/ApiCatalogApplication.java b/api-catalog-services/src/main/java/com/ca/mfaas/apicatalog/ApiCatalogApplication.java
index 3d9ed286ba..2c271fa64e 100644
--- a/api-catalog-services/src/main/java/com/ca/mfaas/apicatalog/ApiCatalogApplication.java
+++ b/api-catalog-services/src/main/java/com/ca/mfaas/apicatalog/ApiCatalogApplication.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 package com.ca.mfaas.apicatalog;
 
 import com.ca.mfaas.enable.EnableApiDiscovery;
+import com.ca.mfaas.monitoring.LatencyUtilsConfigInitializer;
 import com.ca.mfaas.product.service.BuildInfo;
 import com.ca.mfaas.product.service.ServiceStartupEventHandler;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ public class ApiCatalogApplication implements ApplicationListener<ApplicationRea
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         SpringApplication app = new SpringApplication(ApiCatalogApplication.class);
+        app.addInitializers(new LatencyUtilsConfigInitializer());
         app.setLogStartupInfo(false);
         new BuildInfo().logBuildInfo();
         app.run(args);
diff --git a/common-service-core/src/main/java/com/ca/mfaas/monitoring/LatencyUtilsConfigInitializer.java b/common-service-core/src/main/java/com/ca/mfaas/monitoring/LatencyUtilsConfigInitializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ac4f698de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common-service-core/src/main/java/com/ca/mfaas/monitoring/LatencyUtilsConfigInitializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the terms of the
+ * Eclipse Public License v2.0 which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v20.html
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+ *
+ * Copyright Contributors to the Zowe Project.
+ */
+
+package com.ca.mfaas.monitoring;
+
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextInitializer;
+import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
+
+/**
+ * This class initializes the system property that disables LatencyUtils thread that measures time by low level java api
+ * This needs to be done before Spring context starts to initialize
+ *
+ * This class has been
+ */
+public class LatencyUtilsConfigInitializer implements ApplicationContextInitializer<ConfigurableApplicationContext> {
+    private final String PROPERTY_KEY = "LatencyUtils.useActualTime";
+    @Override
+    public void initialize(ConfigurableApplicationContext applicationContext) {
+        if (System.getProperties().getProperty(PROPERTY_KEY) == null)
+            System.getProperties().setProperty(PROPERTY_KEY, "false");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/common-service-core/src/test/java/com/ca/mfaas/monitoring/LatencyUtilsConfigInitializerTest.java b/common-service-core/src/test/java/com/ca/mfaas/monitoring/LatencyUtilsConfigInitializerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9140d1ea9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common-service-core/src/test/java/com/ca/mfaas/monitoring/LatencyUtilsConfigInitializerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the terms of the
+ * Eclipse Public License v2.0 which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v20.html
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+ *
+ * Copyright Contributors to the Zowe Project.
+ */
+
+package com.ca.mfaas.monitoring;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+public class LatencyUtilsConfigInitializerTest {
+    private final String PROPERTY_KEY = "LatencyUtils.useActualTime";
+
+    @Test
+    public void ShouldSetSystemPropertyWhenPropertyNotSet() {
+        System.getProperties().remove(PROPERTY_KEY);
+        assertNull( System.getProperties().getProperty(PROPERTY_KEY) );
+
+        LatencyUtilsConfigInitializer latencyUtilsConfigInitializer = new LatencyUtilsConfigInitializer();
+        latencyUtilsConfigInitializer.initialize(null);
+
+        assertEquals(System.getProperties().getProperty(PROPERTY_KEY),"false");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void ShouldNotSetSystemPropertyWhenPropertyIsSetFromBefore() {
+        System.getProperties().remove(PROPERTY_KEY);
+        String value = "RandomValue";
+        System.getProperties().setProperty(PROPERTY_KEY, value);
+        assertEquals( System.getProperties().getProperty(PROPERTY_KEY), value );
+
+        LatencyUtilsConfigInitializer latencyUtilsConfigInitializer = new LatencyUtilsConfigInitializer();
+        latencyUtilsConfigInitializer.initialize(null);
+
+        assertEquals( System.getProperties().getProperty(PROPERTY_KEY), value );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/discoverable-client/src/main/java/com/ca/mfaas/client/DiscoverableClientSampleApplication.java b/discoverable-client/src/main/java/com/ca/mfaas/client/DiscoverableClientSampleApplication.java
index 78509a710e..80f6964a2d 100644
--- a/discoverable-client/src/main/java/com/ca/mfaas/client/DiscoverableClientSampleApplication.java
+++ b/discoverable-client/src/main/java/com/ca/mfaas/client/DiscoverableClientSampleApplication.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 package com.ca.mfaas.client;
 
 import com.ca.mfaas.enable.EnableApiDiscovery;
+import com.ca.mfaas.monitoring.LatencyUtilsConfigInitializer;
 import com.ca.mfaas.product.service.BuildInfo;
 import com.ca.mfaas.product.service.ServiceStartupEventHandler;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ public class DiscoverableClientSampleApplication implements ApplicationListener<
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         SpringApplication app = new SpringApplication(DiscoverableClientSampleApplication.class);
+        app.addInitializers(new LatencyUtilsConfigInitializer());
         app.setLogStartupInfo(false);
         new BuildInfo().logBuildInfo();
         app.run(args);
diff --git a/discovery-service/src/main/java/com/ca/mfaas/discovery/DiscoveryServiceApplication.java b/discovery-service/src/main/java/com/ca/mfaas/discovery/DiscoveryServiceApplication.java
index 91c6ea602c..ac31e59367 100644
--- a/discovery-service/src/main/java/com/ca/mfaas/discovery/DiscoveryServiceApplication.java
+++ b/discovery-service/src/main/java/com/ca/mfaas/discovery/DiscoveryServiceApplication.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  */
 package com.ca.mfaas.discovery;
 
+import com.ca.mfaas.monitoring.LatencyUtilsConfigInitializer;
 import com.ca.mfaas.product.service.BuildInfo;
 import com.ca.mfaas.product.service.ServiceStartupEventHandler;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ public class DiscoveryServiceApplication implements ApplicationListener<Applicat
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         SpringApplication app = new SpringApplication(DiscoveryServiceApplication.class);
+        app.addInitializers(new LatencyUtilsConfigInitializer());
         app.setLogStartupInfo(false);
         new BuildInfo().logBuildInfo();
         app.run(args);
diff --git a/gateway-service/src/main/java/com/ca/mfaas/gateway/GatewayApplication.java b/gateway-service/src/main/java/com/ca/mfaas/gateway/GatewayApplication.java
index 87abda6e2d..85f007d2d4 100644
--- a/gateway-service/src/main/java/com/ca/mfaas/gateway/GatewayApplication.java
+++ b/gateway-service/src/main/java/com/ca/mfaas/gateway/GatewayApplication.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 import com.ca.mfaas.enable.EnableApiDiscovery;
 import com.ca.mfaas.gateway.ribbon.GatewayRibbonConfig;
+import com.ca.mfaas.monitoring.LatencyUtilsConfigInitializer;
 import com.ca.mfaas.product.service.BuildInfo;
 import com.ca.mfaas.product.service.ServiceStartupEventHandler;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@
 public class GatewayApplication implements ApplicationListener<ApplicationReadyEvent> {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         SpringApplication app = new SpringApplication(GatewayApplication.class);
+        app.addInitializers(new LatencyUtilsConfigInitializer());
         app.setLogStartupInfo(false);
         new BuildInfo().logBuildInfo();
         app.run(args);