diff --git a/conf.php-dist b/conf.php-dist
index ae4dfe11..31d9620a 100644
--- a/conf.php-dist
+++ b/conf.php-dist
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ $config['overpassUrl'] = array(
   '//api.openstreetmap.fr/oapi/interpreter',
 );
 
+// Additional parameters to Overpass (e.g. timeGap)
+$config['overpassOptions'] = array(
+);
+
 // Acquire a license key from https://www.maxmind.com/ and set it here
 #$config['GeoLite2-LicenseKey'] = '';
 
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index f3728105..8bb0a593 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -80,10 +80,7 @@ function onload2 (initState) {
     }
   }
 
-  overpassFrontend = new OverpassFrontend(overpassUrl, {
-    timeGap: 10,
-    effortPerRequest: 512
-  })
+  overpassFrontend = new OverpassFrontend(overpassUrl, config.overpassOptions)
 
   OpenStreetBrowserLoader.setMap(map)