diff --git a/api/pkg/controllers/entries_controller.go b/api/pkg/controllers/entries_controller.go
index eb4c6109c..cde3dda1d 100644
--- a/api/pkg/controllers/entries_controller.go
+++ b/api/pkg/controllers/entries_controller.go
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ func UploadEntries(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
 		return c.Status(fiber.StatusServiceUnavailable).SendString("Can't get token")
 	}
 	rlog.Infof("Upload entries - uploading. token: %s model: %s\n", token.Token, token.Model)
-	go up9.UploadEntriesImpl(token.Token, token.Model, uploadRequestBody.Dest)
+	go up9.UploadEntriesImpl(token.Token, token.Model, uploadRequestBody.Dest, uploadRequestBody.sleepIntervalSec)
 	return c.Status(fiber.StatusOK).SendString("OK")
 }
 
diff --git a/api/pkg/models/models.go b/api/pkg/models/models.go
index 8c0d07e22..f0be0cbc7 100644
--- a/api/pkg/models/models.go
+++ b/api/pkg/models/models.go
@@ -100,8 +100,6 @@ func (fedex *FullEntryDetailsExtra) UnmarshalData(entry *MizuEntry) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-
-
 type EntryData struct {
 	Entry               string `json:"entry,omitempty"`
 	ResolvedDestination string `json:"resolvedDestination,omitempty" gorm:"column:resolvedDestination"`
@@ -114,7 +112,8 @@ type EntriesFilter struct {
 }
 
 type UploadEntriesRequestBody struct {
-	Dest string `query:"dest"`
+	Dest             string `query:"dest"`
+	sleepIntervalSec int    `query:"interval"`
 }
 
 type HarFetchRequestBody struct {
diff --git a/api/pkg/up9/main.go b/api/pkg/up9/main.go
index 9e2179edd..469b2eb99 100644
--- a/api/pkg/up9/main.go
+++ b/api/pkg/up9/main.go
@@ -112,13 +112,13 @@ func GetAnalyzeInfo() *shared.AnalyzeStatus {
 	}
 }
 
-func UploadEntriesImpl(token string, model string, envPrefix string) {
+func UploadEntriesImpl(token string, model string, envPrefix string, sleepIntervalSec int) {
 	analyzeInformation.IsAnalyzing = true
 	analyzeInformation.AnalyzedModel = model
 	analyzeInformation.AnalyzeToken = token
 	analyzeInformation.AnalyzeDestination = envPrefix
 
-	sleepTime := time.Second * 10
+	sleepTime := time.Second * time.Duration(sleepIntervalSec)
 
 	var timestampFrom int64 = 0
 
diff --git a/cli/cmd/tap.go b/cli/cmd/tap.go
index 47f209738..e7b88b1be 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/tap.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/tap.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ type MizuTapOptions struct {
 	MizuImage              string
 	PlainTextFilterRegexes []string
 	TapOutgoing            bool
+	SleepIntervalSec       uint16
 }
 
 var mizuTapOptions = &MizuTapOptions{}
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ func init() {
 	tapCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&mizuTapOptions.Namespace, "namespace", "n", "", "Namespace selector")
 	tapCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&mizuTapOptions.Analyze, "analyze", false, "Uploads traffic to UP9 for further analysis (Beta)")
 	tapCmd.Flags().StringVar(&mizuTapOptions.AnalyzeDestination, "dest", "up9.app", "Destination environment")
+	tapCmd.Flags().Uint16VarP(&mizuTapOptions.SleepIntervalSec, "upload-interval", "", 10, "Interval in seconds for uploading data to UP9")
 	tapCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&mizuTapOptions.AllNamespaces, "all-namespaces", "A", false, "Tap all namespaces")
 	tapCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&mizuTapOptions.KubeConfigPath, "kube-config", "k", "", "Path to kube-config file")
 	tapCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&mizuTapOptions.MizuImage, "mizu-image", "", fmt.Sprintf("gcr.io/up9-docker-hub/mizu/%s:latest", mizu.Branch), "Custom image for mizu collector")
diff --git a/cli/cmd/tapRunner.go b/cli/cmd/tapRunner.go
index 69a6f2015..43b5b2240 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/tapRunner.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/tapRunner.go
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ func portForwardApiPod(ctx context.Context, kubernetesProvider *kubernetes.Provi
 
 				time.Sleep(time.Second * 5) // Waiting to be sure the proxy is ready
 				if tappingOptions.Analyze {
-					url_path := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/api/uploadEntries?dest=%s", mizuProxiedUrl, url.QueryEscape(tappingOptions.AnalyzeDestination))
+					url_path := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/api/uploadEntries?dest=%s&interval=%s", mizuProxiedUrl, url.QueryEscape(tappingOptions.AnalyzeDestination), tappingOptions.SleepIntervalSec)
 					u, err := url.ParseRequestURI(url_path)
 					if err != nil {
 						log.Fatal(fmt.Sprintf("Failed parsing the URL %v\n", err))