diff --git a/server/src/main/resources/application.properties b/server/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 45db9347..2a232362 100644
--- a/server/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/server/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ dhfs.objects.writeback.limit=1073741824
 dhfs.objects.writeback.watermark-high=0.6
 dhfs.objects.writeback.watermark-low=0.4
 dhfs.objects.writeback.threads=4
-dhfs.objects.deletion.delay=0
+dhfs.objects.deletion.delay=1000
 dhfs.objects.deletion.can-delete-retry-delay=1000
 dhfs.objects.ref_verification=true
 dhfs.files.use_hash_for_chunks=false
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/com/usatiuk/dhfs/integration/DhfsFuseIT.java b/server/src/test/java/com/usatiuk/dhfs/integration/DhfsFuseIT.java
index ff021efc..2549a7a5 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/com/usatiuk/dhfs/integration/DhfsFuseIT.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/com/usatiuk/dhfs/integration/DhfsFuseIT.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ public class DhfsFuseIT {
                                         "-Ddhfs.objects.peerdiscovery.interval=500",
                                         "-Ddhfs.objects.invalidation.delay=200",
                                         "-Ddhfs.objects.ref_verification=true",
+                                        "-Ddhfs.objects.deletion.delay=0",
                                         "-Ddhfs.objects.sync.timeout=5",
                                         "-Dquarkus.log.category.\"com.usatiuk.dhfs\".level=TRACE",
                                         "-Dquarkus.log.category.\"com.usatiuk.dhfs\".min-level=TRACE",
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/com/usatiuk/dhfs/integration/DhfsFusex3IT.java b/server/src/test/java/com/usatiuk/dhfs/integration/DhfsFusex3IT.java
index 04768ddd..7edf16e6 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/com/usatiuk/dhfs/integration/DhfsFusex3IT.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/com/usatiuk/dhfs/integration/DhfsFusex3IT.java
@@ -51,11 +51,10 @@ public class DhfsFusex3IT {
                                 .cmd("java", "-ea", "-Xmx128M", "--add-exports", "java.base/sun.nio.ch=ALL-UNNAMED",
                                         "-Ddhfs.objects.peerdiscovery.interval=500",
                                         "-Ddhfs.objects.invalidation.delay=200",
-                                        "-Djava.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool.common.parallelism=4",
+                                        "-Ddhfs.objects.deletion.delay=0",
                                         "-Ddhfs.objects.ref_verification=true",
                                         "-Ddhfs.objects.sync.timeout=5",
                                         "-Dquarkus.log.category.\"com.usatiuk.dhfs\".level=TRACE",
-                                        "-Dquarkus.log.category.\"com.usatiuk.dhfs\".min-level=TRACE",
                                         "-jar", "/app/quarkus-run.jar")
                                 .build())
                 .withFileFromPath("/app", Paths.get(buildPath, "quarkus-app"));
diff --git a/server/src/test/resources/application.properties b/server/src/test/resources/application.properties
index 6a6fb964..f0fc72cc 100644
--- a/server/src/test/resources/application.properties
+++ b/server/src/test/resources/application.properties
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ dhfs.objects.persistence.files.root=${HOME}/dhfs_data/dhfs_root_test
 dhfs.objects.root=${HOME}/dhfs_data/dhfs_root_d_test
 dhfs.fuse.root=${HOME}/dhfs_data/dhfs_fuse_root_test
 dhfs.objects.ref_verification=true
+dhfs.objects.deletion.delay=0
 quarkus.log.category."com.usatiuk.dhfs".level=TRACE
 quarkus.log.category."com.usatiuk.dhfs".min-level=TRACE