diff --git a/cmd/router/main.go b/cmd/router/main.go
index 237cb4f..c3b98a8 100644
--- a/cmd/router/main.go
+++ b/cmd/router/main.go
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatal().Msgf("Failed to create client connections with shard node servers; %v", err)
 	}
 
+	parameters, err := config.ReadParameters(path.Join(*configsPath, "parameters.yaml"))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal().Msgf("Failed to read parameters from yaml file; %v", err)
+	}
+
 	tracingProvider, err := tracing.NewProvider(context.Background(), "router", "localhost:4317")
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal().Msgf("Failed to create tracing provider; %v", err)
@@ -45,5 +50,5 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	defer stopTracingProvider(context.Background())
 
-	router.StartRPCServer(*ip, rpcClients, *routerID, *port)
+	router.StartRPCServer(*ip, rpcClients, *routerID, *port, parameters)
 }
diff --git a/configs/parameters.yaml b/configs/parameters.yaml
index 7e6fbac..813222a 100644
--- a/configs/parameters.yaml
+++ b/configs/parameters.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 max-blocks-to-send: 5 # The maximum number of blocks to send from each shard node to the oram node during evictions
 eviction-rate: 40 # How many ReadPath operations before eviction
-batch-size: 1 # Size of each batch of requests
\ No newline at end of file
+batch-size: 2 # Size of each batch of requests  
+epoch-time: 10 # How many milliseconds between each epoch
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index d70b816..97ab859 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ type Parameters struct {
 	MaxBlocksToSend int `yaml:"max-blocks-to-send"`
 	EvictionRate    int `yaml:"eviction-rate"`
 	BatchSize       int `yaml:"batch-size"`
+	EpochTime       int `yaml:"epoch-time"`
 }
 
 func ReadRouterEndpoints(path string) ([]RouterEndpoint, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/e2e/e2e_test.go b/pkg/e2e/e2e_test.go
index e5be63e..1544d49 100644
--- a/pkg/e2e/e2e_test.go
+++ b/pkg/e2e/e2e_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func startRouter() {
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal().Msgf("Failed to create client connections with shard node servers; %v", err)
 	}
-	router.StartRPCServer("localhost", rpcClients, 0, 8745)
+	router.StartRPCServer("localhost", rpcClients, 0, 8745, config.Parameters{EpochTime: 10})
 }
 
 func startShardNode(replicaID int, rpcPort int, raftPort int, joinAddr string) {
diff --git a/pkg/router/server.go b/pkg/router/server.go
index 6ad2ecb..79ae25f 100644
--- a/pkg/router/server.go
+++ b/pkg/router/server.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	pb "github.com/dsg-uwaterloo/oblishard/api/router"
+	"github.com/dsg-uwaterloo/oblishard/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/dsg-uwaterloo/oblishard/pkg/rpc"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
@@ -57,14 +58,14 @@ func (r *routerServer) Write(ctx context.Context, writeRequest *pb.WriteRequest)
 	return &pb.WriteReply{Success: writeResponse.success}, nil
 }
 
-func StartRPCServer(ip string, shardNodeRPCClients map[int]ReplicaRPCClientMap, routerID int, port int) {
+func StartRPCServer(ip string, shardNodeRPCClients map[int]ReplicaRPCClientMap, routerID int, port int, parameters config.Parameters) {
 	lis, err := net.Listen("tcp", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", ip, port))
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal().Msgf("failed to listen: %v", err)
 	}
 	grpcServer := grpc.NewServer(grpc.UnaryInterceptor(rpc.ContextPropagationUnaryServerInterceptor()))
 
-	epochManager := newEpochManager(shardNodeRPCClients, 10*time.Millisecond)
+	epochManager := newEpochManager(shardNodeRPCClients, time.Duration(parameters.EpochTime)*time.Millisecond)
 	go epochManager.run()
 	routerServer := newRouterServer(routerID, epochManager)
 	pb.RegisterRouterServer(grpcServer, &routerServer)