diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/toolkit/archiver.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/toolkit/archiver.py
index b831c4483a7267ea328f07eff98da769a0db4041..07cf05ad6c1650cbb2c15792c9e3ff0beb775df2 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/toolkit/archiver.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/toolkit/archiver.py
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ class Archiver():
     """
 
     # Global 'DEVELOPMENT' environment variables set by configuration file 
-    dev_polling_time = None
-    dev_archive_time = None
+    dev_polling_time = 600
+    dev_archive_time = 3600
 
     def __init__(self, cm_name: str = 'archiving/hdbppts/confmanager01', context: str = 'RUN'):
         self.cm_name = cm_name