diff --git a/osgp/platform/osgp-throttling-service/src/main/java/org/opensmartgridplatform/throttling/PermitsPerNetworkSegment.java b/osgp/platform/osgp-throttling-service/src/main/java/org/opensmartgridplatform/throttling/PermitsPerNetworkSegment.java
index f4003f771e3..9a14d6e7b07 100644
--- a/osgp/platform/osgp-throttling-service/src/main/java/org/opensmartgridplatform/throttling/PermitsPerNetworkSegment.java
+++ b/osgp/platform/osgp-throttling-service/src/main/java/org/opensmartgridplatform/throttling/PermitsPerNetworkSegment.java
@@ -120,11 +120,6 @@ public boolean releasePermit(
 
     final AtomicInteger permitCounter = this.getPermitCounter(baseTransceiverStationId, cellId);
 
-    // Notify that permit is released
-    synchronized (permitCounter) {
-      permitCounter.notifyAll();
-    }
-
     final int numberOfPermitsIfReleased = permitCounter.decrementAndGet();
     if (numberOfPermitsIfReleased < 0) {
       permitCounter.incrementAndGet();
@@ -134,9 +129,20 @@ public boolean releasePermit(
         this.permitRepository.releasePermit(
             throttlingConfigId, clientId, baseTransceiverStationId, cellId, requestId);
 
+    if (this.useHighPrioPool()) {
+      // Notify that permit is released
+      synchronized (permitCounter) {
+        permitCounter.notifyAll();
+      }
+    }
+
     return numberOfReleasedPermits == 1;
   }
 
+  private boolean useHighPrioPool() {
+    return this.maxWaitForHighPrioInMs != 0;
+  }
+
   private boolean isPermitAvailable(
       final int baseTransceiverStationId,
       final int cellId,
@@ -148,6 +154,10 @@ private boolean isPermitAvailable(
     if (numberOfPermitsIfGranted > maxConcurrency) {
       permitCounter.decrementAndGet();
 
+      if (!this.useHighPrioPool()) {
+        return false;
+      }
+
       if (priority <= MessagePriorityEnum.DEFAULT.getPriority()) {
         return false;
       }
diff --git a/osgp/platform/osgp-throttling-service/src/main/resources/osgp-throttling-service.properties b/osgp/platform/osgp-throttling-service/src/main/resources/osgp-throttling-service.properties
index fdc03907db6..88ffc5ac748 100644
--- a/osgp/platform/osgp-throttling-service/src/main/resources/osgp-throttling-service.properties
+++ b/osgp/platform/osgp-throttling-service/src/main/resources/osgp-throttling-service.properties
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ scheduling.task.cleanup.permits.cron.expression=0 0/30 * * * ?
 # Releasing expired permits will happen in batches of the following size.
 cleanup.permits.batch.size=100
 
-max.wait.for.high.prio.in.ms=5000
+#max.wait.for.high.prio.in.ms=5000
+# For now we disable this high prio pool by default
+max.wait.for.high.prio.in.ms=0
 
 # The task to reset in memory counters with db state is executed by cron expression.
 scheduling.task.reinitialize.state.cron.expression=30 0/30 * * * ?
diff --git a/osgp/platform/osgp-throttling-service/src/test/java/org/opensmartgridplatform/throttling/PermitsPerNetworkSegmentTest.java b/osgp/platform/osgp-throttling-service/src/test/java/org/opensmartgridplatform/throttling/PermitsPerNetworkSegmentTest.java
index cd39cf64d3b..a7992f11eea 100644
--- a/osgp/platform/osgp-throttling-service/src/test/java/org/opensmartgridplatform/throttling/PermitsPerNetworkSegmentTest.java
+++ b/osgp/platform/osgp-throttling-service/src/test/java/org/opensmartgridplatform/throttling/PermitsPerNetworkSegmentTest.java
@@ -6,13 +6,19 @@
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import org.assertj.core.util.Lists;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
 import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
 import org.opensmartgridplatform.throttling.repositories.PermitRepository;
@@ -130,6 +136,78 @@ void testInitializeDelete() {
     assertThat(this.permitsPerNetworkSegment.permitsPerNetworkSegment()).isEmpty();
   }
 
+  @ParameterizedTest
+  @ValueSource(ints = {0, 2000})
+  void testHighPrioPoolTime(final int maxWaitForHighPrio) {
+    this.permitsPerNetworkSegment =
+        new PermitsPerNetworkSegment(this.permitRepository, maxWaitForHighPrio);
+
+    final int btsId = 1;
+    final int cellId = 2;
+    final int numberOfPermits = 3;
+    final short throttlingConfigId = Integer.valueOf(1).shortValue();
+    final int clientId = 4;
+    final int requestId = 5;
+    final int priority = 6;
+    final int maxConcurrency = numberOfPermits;
+
+    this.preparePermits(btsId, cellId, numberOfPermits, throttlingConfigId);
+
+    this.permitsPerNetworkSegment.initialize(throttlingConfigId);
+
+    final long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+    final boolean permitGranted =
+        this.permitsPerNetworkSegment.requestPermit(
+            throttlingConfigId, clientId, btsId, cellId, requestId, priority, maxConcurrency);
+    assertThat(permitGranted).isFalse();
+    assertThat(System.currentTimeMillis() - start).isGreaterThanOrEqualTo(maxWaitForHighPrio);
+
+    verify(this.permitRepository, never())
+        .grantPermit(throttlingConfigId, clientId, btsId, cellId, requestId);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testHighPrioPool() {
+    final int maxWaitForHighPrio = 10000;
+    final int waitBeforeRelease = 1000;
+    this.permitsPerNetworkSegment =
+        new PermitsPerNetworkSegment(this.permitRepository, maxWaitForHighPrio);
+
+    final int btsId = 1;
+    final int cellId = 2;
+    final int numberOfPermits = 3;
+    final short throttlingConfigId = Integer.valueOf(1).shortValue();
+    final int clientId = 4;
+    final int requestId = 5;
+    final int priority = 6;
+    final int maxConcurrency = numberOfPermits;
+
+    this.preparePermits(btsId, cellId, numberOfPermits, throttlingConfigId);
+
+    when(this.permitRepository.grantPermit(throttlingConfigId, clientId, btsId, cellId, requestId))
+        .thenReturn(true);
+
+    this.permitsPerNetworkSegment.initialize(throttlingConfigId);
+
+    final long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+
+    final ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor executor = new ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor(1);
+    executor.schedule(
+        () -> {
+          PermitsPerNetworkSegmentTest.this.permitsPerNetworkSegment.releasePermit(
+              throttlingConfigId, clientId, btsId, cellId, requestId);
+        },
+        waitBeforeRelease,
+        TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+
+    final boolean permitGranted =
+        this.permitsPerNetworkSegment.requestPermit(
+            throttlingConfigId, clientId, btsId, cellId, requestId, priority, maxConcurrency);
+    assertThat(permitGranted).isTrue();
+    assertThat((int) (System.currentTimeMillis() - start))
+        .isBetween(waitBeforeRelease, maxWaitForHighPrio);
+  }
+
   private void preparePermits(
       final int btsId,
       final int cellId,