diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index 84812cd..6406d76 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"time"
 
 	// Import all Kubernetes client auth plugins (e.g. Azure, GCP, OIDC, etc.)
 	// to ensure that exec-entrypoint and run can make use of them.
 	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth"
 
+        "k8s.io/utils/pointer"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
 	clientgoscheme "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
@@ -187,6 +189,10 @@ func main() {
 		HealthProbeBindAddress: probeAddr,
 		LeaderElection:         enableLeaderElection,
 		LeaderElectionID:       "f05533b6.engen.priv.no",
+		LeaseDuration:    pointer.Duration(30 * time.Second),
+                RenewDeadline:    pointer.Duration(20 * time.Second),
+                RetryPeriod:      pointer.Duration(5 * time.Second),
+
 		// LeaderElectionReleaseOnCancel defines if the leader should step down voluntarily
 		// when the Manager ends. This requires the binary to immediately end when the
 		// Manager is stopped, otherwise, this setting is unsafe. Setting this significantly