diff --git a/src/load_generator/service/LoadGeneratorServiceServicerImpl.py b/src/load_generator/service/LoadGeneratorServiceServicerImpl.py
index 1fa653394fb7bea268f96e4b2ca2c7d98ed40d22..d5adb492d67d43ca38a7213fb50f2b1bfa20ec29 100644
--- a/src/load_generator/service/LoadGeneratorServiceServicerImpl.py
+++ b/src/load_generator/service/LoadGeneratorServiceServicerImpl.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class LoadGeneratorServiceServicerImpl(LoadGeneratorServiceServicer):
                 RequestType.SLICE_L3NM,
             ],
             offered_load  = 50,
-            holding_time  = 10,
+            holding_time  = 3600,
             dry_mode      = False,           # in dry mode, no request is sent to TeraFlowSDN
             record_to_dlt = False,           # if record_to_dlt, changes in device/link/service/slice are uploaded to DLT
             dlt_domain_id = 'dlt-perf-eval', # domain used to uploaded entities, ignored when record_to_dlt = False