diff --git a/jjb/pipeline/voltha-scale-test.groovy b/jjb/pipeline/voltha-scale-test.groovy
index fc33790..3470aa9 100644
--- a/jjb/pipeline/voltha-scale-test.groovy
+++ b/jjb/pipeline/voltha-scale-test.groovy
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     NUM_OF_ONOS="${onosReplicas}"
     NUM_OF_ATOMIX="${atomixReplicas}"
     WITH_PPROF="${withProfiling}"
-    EXTRA_HELM_FLAGS="${extraHelmFlags}"
+    EXTRA_HELM_FLAGS="${extraHelmFlags} " // note that the trailing space is required to separate the parameters from appends done later
 
     VOLTHA_CHART="${volthaChart}"
     VOLTHA_BBSIM_CHART="${bbsimChart}"
@@ -187,6 +187,10 @@
           sshpass -e ssh -q -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -p 8101 karaf@127.0.0.1 log:set ${logLevel}
           kubectl exec $(kubectl get pods | grep -E "bbsim[0-9]" | awk 'NR==1{print $1}') -- bbsimctl log ${logLevel} false
 
+          # Set Flows/Ports/Meters poll frequency
+          sshpass -e ssh -q -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -p 8101 karaf@127.0.0.1 cfg set org.onosproject.provider.of.flow.impl.OpenFlowRuleProvider flowPollFrequency ${onosStatInterval}
+          sshpass -e ssh -q -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -p 8101 karaf@127.0.0.1 cfg set org.onosproject.provider.of.device.impl.OpenFlowDeviceProvider portStatsPollFrequency ${onosStatInterval}
+
           if [ ${withEapol} = false ] || [ ${withFlows} = false ]; then
             sshpass -e ssh -q -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -p 8101 karaf@127.0.0.1 app deactivate org.opencord.aaa
           fi