diff --git a/templates/gluu-couchbase.properties b/templates/gluu-couchbase.properties
index 1bd1d739..368fd8fb 100644
--- a/templates/gluu-couchbase.properties
+++ b/templates/gluu-couchbase.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 servers: %(couchbase_query_node)s
 
+# Waits until SDK bootstrap is complete and the desired ClusterState is observed
+# Default waitUntilReady is -1 which means that it's turned off
+connection.wait-until-ready-time: -1
+
 # The connect timeout is used when a Bucket is opened.
 # If you feel the urge to change this value to something higher, there is a good chance that your network is not properly set up.
 # Connecting to the server should in practice not take longer than a second on a reasonably fast network.