diff --git a/src/device/service/drivers/openconfig/OpenConfigDriver.py b/src/device/service/drivers/openconfig/OpenConfigDriver.py
index 7411423639f03b1e2d682720c8504fa5398c3317..74b30e01311d15d3c11869ddf17b9085807b4576 100644
--- a/src/device/service/drivers/openconfig/OpenConfigDriver.py
+++ b/src/device/service/drivers/openconfig/OpenConfigDriver.py
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ class NetconfSessionHandler:
         self.__username       = settings.get('username')
         self.__password       = settings.get('password')
         self.__key_filename   = settings.get('key_filename')
-        self.__hostkey_verify = settings.get('hostkey_verify')
-        self.__look_for_keys  = settings.get('look_for_keys')
-        self.__allow_agent    = settings.get('allow_agent')
+        self.__hostkey_verify = settings.get('hostkey_verify', True)
+        self.__look_for_keys  = settings.get('look_for_keys', True)
+        self.__allow_agent    = settings.get('allow_agent', True)
         self.__force_running  = settings.get('force_running', False)
         self.__device_params  = settings.get('device_params')
         self.__manager_params = settings.get('manager_params')
@@ -183,8 +183,9 @@ def do_sampling(samples_cache : SamplesCache, resource_key : str, out_samples :
 
 def edit_config(
     netconf_handler : NetconfSessionHandler, resources : List[Tuple[str, Any]], delete=False, target='running',
-    default_operation='merge', test_option=None, error_option=None, format='xml' # pylint: disable=redefined-builtin
+    default_operation=None, test_option=None, error_option=None, format='xml' # pylint: disable=redefined-builtin
 ):
+    if default_operation is None: default_operation = 'delete' if delete else 'merge'
     str_method = 'DeleteConfig' if delete else 'SetConfig'
     LOGGER.info('[{:s}] resources = {:s}'.format(str_method, str(resources)))
     results = [None for _ in resources]
@@ -296,14 +297,14 @@ class OpenConfigDriver(_Driver):
             if self.__netconf_handler.use_candidate:
                 with self.__netconf_handler.locked(target='candidate'):
                     results = edit_config(
-                        self.__netconf_handler, resources, target='candidate', delete=True, default_operation='delete')
+                        self.__netconf_handler, resources, target='candidate', delete=True)
                     try:
                         self.__netconf_handler.commit()
                     except Exception as e: # pylint: disable=broad-except
                         LOGGER.exception('[DeleteConfig] Exception commiting resources: {:s}'.format(str(resources)))
                         results = [e for _ in resources] # if commit fails, set exception in each resource
             else:
-                results = edit_config(self.__netconf_handler, resources, delete=True, default_operation='delete')
+                results = edit_config(self.__netconf_handler, resources, delete=True)
         return results
 
     def SubscribeState(self, subscriptions : List[Tuple[str, float, float]]) -> List[Union[bool, Exception]]:
diff --git a/src/device/tests/Device_OpenConfig_Template.py b/src/device/tests/Device_OpenConfig_Template.py
index df588b3d8a65883e0ebbfeacb222648bda0455ed..d95e86dfa5338ecc2c794f4e317c67fdf96f3353 100644
--- a/src/device/tests/Device_OpenConfig_Template.py
+++ b/src/device/tests/Device_OpenConfig_Template.py
@@ -20,15 +20,20 @@ DEVICE_OC_ADDRESS  = '127.0.0.1'  # populate the Netconf Server IP address of th
 DEVICE_OC_PORT     = 830          # populate the Netconf Server port of the device to test
 DEVICE_OC_USERNAME = 'username'   # populate the Netconf Server username of the device to test
 DEVICE_OC_PASSWORD = 'password'   # populate the Netconf Server password of the device to test
-DEVICE_OC_TIMEOUT  = 120
+DEVICE_OC_TIMEOUT  = 15
 
 DEVICE_OC_ID = json_device_id(DEVICE_OC_UUID)
 DEVICE_OC    = json_device_packetrouter_disabled(DEVICE_OC_UUID)
 
 DEVICE_OC_CONNECT_RULES = json_device_connect_rules(DEVICE_OC_ADDRESS, DEVICE_OC_PORT, {
-    'username': DEVICE_OC_USERNAME,
-    'password': DEVICE_OC_PASSWORD,
-    'timeout' : DEVICE_OC_TIMEOUT,
+    'username'       : DEVICE_OC_USERNAME,
+    'password'       : DEVICE_OC_PASSWORD,
+    'force_running'  : True,
+    'hostkey_verify' : True,
+    'look_for_keys'  : True,
+    'allow_agent'    : True,
+    'device_params'  : {'name': 'default'},
+    'manager_params' : {'timeout' : DEVICE_OC_TIMEOUT},
 })
 
 DEVICE_OC_CONFIG_RULES   = []           # populate your configuration rules to test