diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/event/publisher/AbstractHTTPWithJWTTokenAuthEventSender.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/event/publisher/AbstractHTTPWithJWTTokenAuthEventSender.java
index 121ecc1..08266ec 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/event/publisher/AbstractHTTPWithJWTTokenAuthEventSender.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/event/publisher/AbstractHTTPWithJWTTokenAuthEventSender.java
@@ -35,18 +35,34 @@ public abstract class AbstractHTTPWithJWTTokenAuthEventSender implements EventSe
         this.clientId = clientId;
         this.clientSecret = clientSecret;
         this.tokenURL = tokenURL;
-        connectionTimeout = getConnectionTimeout();
-        readTimeout = getReadTimeout();
+        connectionTimeout = getDefaultConnectionTimeout();
+        readTimeout = getDefaultReadTimeout();
     }
 
-    protected int getReadTimeout() {
+    protected int getDefaultReadTimeout() {
         return HTTPVerb.DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT;
     }
 
-    protected int getConnectionTimeout() {
+    protected int getDefaultConnectionTimeout() {
         return HTTPVerb.DEFAULT_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT;
     }
 
+    public int getReadTimeout() {
+        return readTimeout;
+    }
+
+    public void setReadTimeout(int readTimeout) {
+        this.readTimeout = readTimeout;
+    }
+
+    public int getConnectionTimeout() {
+        return connectionTimeout;
+    }
+
+    public void setConnectionTimeout(int connectionTimeout) {
+        this.connectionTimeout = connectionTimeout;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void send(Event event) {
         log.debug("Starting HTTP POST thread to: {}", baseEndpointURL);