diff --git a/server/etc/example.conf b/server/etc/example.conf
index a4939d13c..854d36ca7 100644
--- a/server/etc/example.conf
+++ b/server/etc/example.conf
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 affinity = 0x02;	# Mask of cores the server should run on
 priority = 50;		# Scheduler priority for the server
 debug = 5;		# The level of verbosity for debug messages
+stats = 0.8;		# The interval in seconds fo path statistics
 
 nodes = {
 	acs = {
diff --git a/server/include/cfg.h b/server/include/cfg.h
index 3af19c375..b2d88b55b 100644
--- a/server/include/cfg.h
+++ b/server/include/cfg.h
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ struct settings {
 	int affinity;
 	/** Debug log level */
 	int debug;
+	/** Interval for path statistics. Set to 0 to disable themo disable them. */
+	double stats;
 
 	/** A libconfig object pointing to the root of the config file */
 	config_setting_t *cfg;
diff --git a/server/src/cfg.c b/server/src/cfg.c
index d718b5d4b..10b653a1a 100644
--- a/server/src/cfg.c
+++ b/server/src/cfg.c
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ int config_parse_global(config_setting_t *cfg, struct settings *set)
 	config_setting_lookup_int(cfg, "affinity", &set->affinity);
 	config_setting_lookup_int(cfg, "priority", &set->priority);
 	config_setting_lookup_int(cfg, "debug", &set->debug);
+	config_setting_lookup_float(cfg, "stats", &set->stats);
 
 	debug = set->debug;
 
diff --git a/server/src/server.c b/server/src/server.c
index bd5d643f6..f9fc0f238 100644
--- a/server/src/server.c
+++ b/server/src/server.c
@@ -194,20 +194,19 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	/* Connect all nodes and start one thread per path */
 	start();
 
-	if (V >= 5) {
+	if (settings.stats > 0) {
 		struct path *p = paths;
 
-		info("");
 		info("Runtime Statistics:");
 		info("%12s " MAG("=>") " %-12s:   %-8s %-8s %-8s %-8s %-8s",
 			"Source", "Destination", "#Sent", "#Recv", "#Delay", "#Dupl", "#Inval");
 		info("---------------------------------------------------------------------------");
 
 		while (1) {
-			sleep(1);
+			usleep(settings.stats * 1e6);
 			path_stats(p);
 
-			p = (p->next) ? p->next : paths;
+			p = (p->next) ? p->next : paths; 
 		}
 	}
 	else