diff --git a/src/kademlia/KademliaNode.java b/src/kademlia/KademliaNode.java
index b242701..5be97b1 100644
--- a/src/kademlia/KademliaNode.java
+++ b/src/kademlia/KademliaNode.java
@@ -273,8 +273,11 @@ public class KademliaNode
      * */
     public synchronized final void bootstrap(Node n) throws IOException, RoutingException
     {
+        long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000L;
         Operation op = new ConnectOperation(this.server, this, n, this.config);
         op.execute();
+        long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000L;
+        this.statistician.setBootstrapTime(endTime - startTime);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -321,15 +324,20 @@ public class KademliaNode
      */
     public StorageEntry get(GetParameter param) throws NoSuchElementException, IOException, ContentNotFoundException
     {
+        long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000L;
         if (this.dht.contains(param))
         {
             /* If the content exist in our own DHT, then return it. */
+            long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000L;
+            this.statistician.addContentLookupTime(endTime - startTime);
             return this.dht.get(param);
         }
 
         /* Seems like it doesn't exist in our DHT, get it from other Nodes */
         ContentLookupOperation clo = new ContentLookupOperation(server, this, param, this.config);
         clo.execute();
+        long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000L;
+        this.statistician.addContentLookupTime(endTime - startTime);
         return clo.getContentFound();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/kademlia/Statistician.java b/src/kademlia/Statistician.java
index b3430cd..21a63ec 100644
--- a/src/kademlia/Statistician.java
+++ b/src/kademlia/Statistician.java
@@ -14,10 +14,20 @@ public class Statistician
     /* How much data was sent and received by the server over the network */
     private long totalDataSent, totalDataReceived;
 
+    /* Bootstrap timings */
+    private long bootstrapTime;
+
+    /* Content lookup operation timing */
+    private int numContentLookups;
+    private long totalContentLookupTime;
+
     
     {
         this.totalDataSent = 0;
         this.totalDataReceived = 0;
+        this.bootstrapTime = 0;
+        this.numContentLookups = 0;
+        this.totalContentLookupTime = 0;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -55,4 +65,50 @@ public class Statistician
     {
         return this.totalDataReceived;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the bootstrap time for this Kademlia Node
+     *
+     * @param time The bootstrap time in milliseconds
+     */
+    public void setBootstrapTime(long time)
+    {
+        this.bootstrapTime = time;
+    }
+
+    public long getBootstrapTime()
+    {
+        return this.bootstrapTime;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Add the timing for a new content lookup operation that took place
+     *
+     * @param time The time the content lookup took in milliseconds
+     */
+    public void addContentLookupTime(long time)
+    {
+        this.numContentLookups++;
+        this.totalContentLookupTime += time;
+    }
+
+    public int numContentLookups()
+    {
+        return this.numContentLookups;
+    }
+
+    public long totalContentLookupTime()
+    {
+        return this.totalContentLookupTime;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Compute the average time a content lookup took
+     *
+     * @return The average time
+     */
+    public long averageContentLookupTime()
+    {
+        return this.totalContentLookupTime / this.numContentLookups;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/kademlia/core/DefaultConfiguration.java b/src/kademlia/core/DefaultConfiguration.java
index ba11934..a2bdf57 100644
--- a/src/kademlia/core/DefaultConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/kademlia/core/DefaultConfiguration.java
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import java.io.File;
 public class DefaultConfiguration implements KadConfiguration
 {
 
-    private final static long RESTORE_INTERVAL = 5 * 1000;   // Default at 1 hour
+    private final static long RESTORE_INTERVAL = 60 * 1000;   // Default at 1 hour
     private final static long RESPONSE_TIMEOUT = 1500;
     private final static long OPERATION_TIMEOUT = 3000;
     private final static int CONCURRENCY = 10;