diff --git a/de.micromata.mgc.chronos/src/main/java/de/micromata/genome/chronos/spi/lsconfig/ChronosLocalSettingsConfigModel.java b/de.micromata.mgc.chronos/src/main/java/de/micromata/genome/chronos/spi/lsconfig/ChronosLocalSettingsConfigModel.java
index 6b3ae354..d5be8a94 100644
--- a/de.micromata.mgc.chronos/src/main/java/de/micromata/genome/chronos/spi/lsconfig/ChronosLocalSettingsConfigModel.java
+++ b/de.micromata.mgc.chronos/src/main/java/de/micromata/genome/chronos/spi/lsconfig/ChronosLocalSettingsConfigModel.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public class ChronosLocalSettingsConfigModel extends AbstractLocalSettingsConfig
   private ValContext parseValContext;
   @ALocalSettingsPath(comment = "Virtual Hostname used by chronos")
   private String virtualHostName;
-  @ALocalSettingsPath(comment = "Node binding time in milliseconds", defaultValue = "3600000")
+  @ALocalSettingsPath(comment = "Node binding time in milliseconds", defaultValue = "60000")
   private String minNodeBindTime;
 
   public ChronosLocalSettingsConfigModel()
diff --git a/de.micromata.mgc.chronos/src/main/java/de/micromata/genome/chronos/spi/lsconfig/LsChronosSchedulerInitServiceImpl.java b/de.micromata.mgc.chronos/src/main/java/de/micromata/genome/chronos/spi/lsconfig/LsChronosSchedulerInitServiceImpl.java
index 75972084..9f0fa98e 100644
--- a/de.micromata.mgc.chronos/src/main/java/de/micromata/genome/chronos/spi/lsconfig/LsChronosSchedulerInitServiceImpl.java
+++ b/de.micromata.mgc.chronos/src/main/java/de/micromata/genome/chronos/spi/lsconfig/LsChronosSchedulerInitServiceImpl.java
@@ -33,10 +33,23 @@
  */
 public class LsChronosSchedulerInitServiceImpl implements ChronosSchedulerInitService
 {
+  private static boolean mgcApplicationPresent()
+  {
+    try {
+      Class.forName("de.micromata.mgc.application.MgcApplication");
+      return true;
+    } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+      // not catching.
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
 
   @Override
   public void initSchedulerManager(SchedulerManager schedManager)
   {
+    if (mgcApplicationPresent() == false) {
+      return;
+    }
     ChronosLocalSettingsConfigModel cm = new ChronosLocalSettingsConfigModel();
     try {
       cm.fromLocalSettings(LocalSettings.get());