diff --git a/agkyra/agkyra/syncer/pithos_client.py b/agkyra/agkyra/syncer/pithos_client.py
index af63487fb2d7fe8debd082d91ff3eec0eb10d245..24d1c0fa5818dcb771a5ce3588e5cd91bafbe3ed 100644
--- a/agkyra/agkyra/syncer/pithos_client.py
+++ b/agkyra/agkyra/syncer/pithos_client.py
@@ -262,7 +262,11 @@ class PithosFileClient(FileClient):
 
     def get_pithos_candidates(self, last_modified=None):
         db = self.get_db()
-        objects = self.endpoint.list_objects()
+        try:
+            objects = self.endpoint.list_objects()
+        except ClientError as e:
+            logger.error(e)
+            return {}
         self.objects = objects
         upstream_all = {}
         for obj in objects:
@@ -292,7 +296,8 @@ class PithosFileClient(FileClient):
                     (last_modified, candidates))
         return candidates
 
-    def notifier(self, callback=None, interval=2):
+    def notifier(self, callback=None):
+        interval = self.settings.pithos_list_interval
         class PollPithosThread(utils.StoppableThread):
             def run_body(this):
                 candidates = self.get_pithos_candidates(
diff --git a/agkyra/agkyra/syncer/setup.py b/agkyra/agkyra/syncer/setup.py
index 743c78c44a49d4bb3cc5b35c45155d43e4a91dab..b96b2104bb842953dc0bfa6965ec2c895c0ed6cb 100644
--- a/agkyra/agkyra/syncer/setup.py
+++ b/agkyra/agkyra/syncer/setup.py
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ DEFAULT_CACHE_FETCH_NAME = 'fetched'
 GLOBAL_SETTINGS_NAME = '.agkyra'
 DEFAULT_DBNAME = "syncer.db"
 DEFAULT_ACTION_MAX_WAIT = 10
+DEFAULT_PITHOS_LIST_INTERVAL = 5
+DEFAULT_CONNECTION_RETRY_LIMIT = 3
 
 thread_local_data = threading.local()
 
@@ -95,6 +97,13 @@ class SyncerSettings():
         self.heartbeat = HeartBeat()
         self.action_max_wait = kwargs.get("action_max_wait",
                                           DEFAULT_ACTION_MAX_WAIT)
+        self.pithos_list_interval = kwargs.get("pithos_list_interval",
+                                               DEFAULT_PITHOS_LIST_INTERVAL)
+
+        self.connection_retry_limit = kwargs.get(
+            "connection_retry_limit", DEFAULT_CONNECTION_RETRY_LIMIT)
+        self.endpoint.CONNECTION_RETRY_LIMIT = self.connection_retry_limit
+
         self.messager = Messager()
 
     def get_db(self, initialize=False):