diff --git a/cpu_governor_auto_adjust.xml b/cpu_governor_auto_adjust.xml
index 8e82b3e..93f1446 100644
--- a/cpu_governor_auto_adjust.xml
+++ b/cpu_governor_auto_adjust.xml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
                 <oneMinuteLoadThreshold>0.3</oneMinuteLoadThreshold>
                 <fiveMinuteLoadThreshold>0.2</fiveMinuteLoadThreshold>
                 <tenMinuteLoadThreshold>0.1</tenMinuteLoadThreshold>
+                <cooldownPeriodInMinutes>3</cooldownPeriodInMinutes>
             </customConfig>
         </trigger>
     </triggers>
diff --git a/cpu_governor_auto_adjust/triggers/cpu_load.py b/cpu_governor_auto_adjust/triggers/cpu_load.py
index 9b9b53e..47ed6a0 100644
--- a/cpu_governor_auto_adjust/triggers/cpu_load.py
+++ b/cpu_governor_auto_adjust/triggers/cpu_load.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 class CpuLoadTrigger(Trigger):
     def __init__(self, _config: Config) -> None:
         super().__init__(_config)
-        self.timestamp_last_governor_change = datetime.now() - timedelta(minutes=10)
+        self.timestamp_last_governor_change = datetime.now() - timedelta(minutes=self.cooldown_period_in_minutes + 1)
         
     @cached_property
     def one_minute_load_threshold(self) -> float:
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ class CpuLoadTrigger(Trigger):
     @cached_property
     def threshold(self) -> tuple[float, float, float]:
         return self.one_minute_load_threshold, self.five_minute_load_threshold, self.ten_minute_load_threshold
+    
+    @cached_property
+    def cooldown_period_in_minutes(self) -> float:
+        return float(self.config.custom_config['cooldownPeriodInMinutes'])
         
     @property
     def current_load(self) -> tuple[float, float, float]:
@@ -48,8 +52,8 @@ class CpuLoadTrigger(Trigger):
             self.timestamp_last_governor_change = current_time
         
         elif current_active and not new_active:
-            if (current_time - timedelta(minutes=5)) < self.timestamp_last_governor_change:
-                self.log.info("cooldown period, staying on governor: %s", self.governor.name)
+            if (current_time - timedelta(minutes=self.cooldown_period_in_minutes)) < self.timestamp_last_governor_change:
+                self.log.info("cooldown period, staying on governor: %s, current load: %s", self.governor.name, self.current_load)
                 return
             
             self.log.info(
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7d2641d..c3c2e55 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "cpu_governor_auto_adjust"
-version = "0.1.41"
+version = "0.1.42"
 description = "This application has been developed to automatically change cpu governor based on certain triggers."
 authors = [
     { name = "Martin Reurekas", email = "martin@semrks.nl" }