diff --git a/akka-http/src/main/scala/AkkaCometServlet.scala b/akka-http/src/main/scala/AkkaCometServlet.scala
index 92db0835cf..0313dfe6f7 100644
--- a/akka-http/src/main/scala/AkkaCometServlet.scala
+++ b/akka-http/src/main/scala/AkkaCometServlet.scala
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ class AkkaServlet extends AtmosphereServlet with Logging {
   addInitParameter(AtmosphereServlet.PROPERTY_USE_STREAM,"true")
   addInitParameter("com.sun.jersey.config.property.packages",c.getList("akka.rest.resource_packages").mkString(";"))
   addInitParameter("com.sun.jersey.spi.container.ResourceFilters",c.getList("akka.rest.filters").mkString(","))
+  c.getInt("akka.rest.maxInactiveActivity").foreach { value =>
+    log.info("MAX_INACTIVE:%s",value.toString)
+    addInitParameter(CometSupport.MAX_INACTIVE,value.toString)
+  }
+
 
   val servlet = new AtmosphereRestServlet {
     override def getInitParameter(key : String) = AkkaServlet.this.getInitParameter(key)
diff --git a/config/akka-reference.conf b/config/akka-reference.conf
index 326dd64636..720716e0ea 100644
--- a/config/akka-reference.conf
+++ b/config/akka-reference.conf
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ akka {
     filters = ["se.scalablesolutions.akka.security.AkkaSecurityFilterFactory"] # List with all jersey filters to use
     resource_packages = ["sample.rest.scala","sample.rest.java","sample.security"] # List with all resource packages for your Jersey services
     authenticator = "sample.security.BasicAuthenticationService" # The authentication service to use. Need to be overridden (uses sample now)
-
+    #maxInactiveActivity = 60000 #Atmosphere CometSupport maxInactiveActivity
     #IF you are using a KerberosAuthenticationActor
     #   kerberos {
     #     servicePrincipal = "HTTP/localhost@EXAMPLE.COM"