diff --git a/Script/CheckThread.py b/Script/CheckThread.py
index 3df2553cf6995504709ce92797cb788e5bea95a4..d03f48201b7f9d6a1493ca9f182e0c4ffd917f89 100644
--- a/Script/CheckThread.py
+++ b/Script/CheckThread.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class CheckThread(threading.Thread):
         self.ERS_enabled = self.conf.ERS_enabled
         self.partition = self.conf.partition
         self.LogLevel = self.conf.LogLevel
+        self.ERSTimeout = self.conf.ERSTimeout
 	
         ##### Define Thread internal variables #####
         self.exitFlag = False
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ class CheckThread(threading.Thread):
 
             ##### Check for a new partition #####
             if IPCPartition(self.partition).isValid() and not self.ers_flag:
+                self.event.wait(self.ERSTimeout)
                 self.logInfo = {'file':self.check_logger.findCaller()[0],'line':self.check_logger.findCaller()[1]}        
                 self.check_logger.info('Found partition %s, adding ERS' % self.partition, extra = self.logInfo)
                 self.ers_flag = True
@@ -85,14 +87,8 @@ class CheckThread(threading.Thread):
                 self.ers_flag = False
                 ##### Remove ERS handlers from all loggers #####
                 self.change_state_ers(False)
-
-            #print "checkloggers handlers", self.check_logger.handlers
-            #print "copythreads handlers", self.copy.logger.handlers
-            #print "del threads handlers", self.delete.logger.handlers
-            #print "managers handlers", self.manager.logger.handlers
-            #print "main's loggers handlers", self.logger.handlers
-
             self.event.wait(self.CheckTimeout)
+
         # end while
     # end def run()
 
diff --git a/Script/Conf.cfg b/Script/Conf.cfg
index 48c6f2a9d75b332ea67edf45ee8ea759053723e6..a915aef0d02a6c8a1fae7509a9a54da961cf8018 100755
--- a/Script/Conf.cfg
+++ b/Script/Conf.cfg
@@ -192,5 +192,8 @@ DeleteTimeout: 2
 MigDelay: 600
 
 ########## CHECK THREAD ##########
-# Time between checks for partition
-CheckTimeout: 2
+# Time (s) between checks for partition
+CheckTimeout: 1
+
+# Timout (s) before adding the ERS handler
+ERSTimeout: 10
diff --git a/Script/Conf.py b/Script/Conf.py
index bc1b74f875c64a4af3ab11dee2517f5029a12d2c..654a4bc3f1a92f41d7bf24bb32edf9376a78572c 100755
--- a/Script/Conf.py
+++ b/Script/Conf.py
@@ -211,3 +211,5 @@ class Conf:
 
         ########## CHECK THREAD ##########
         self.CheckTimeout = cfg.CheckTimeout
+
+        self.ERSTimeout = cfg.ERSTimeout