diff --git a/cronos/scripts/init.sh b/cronos/scripts/init.sh
index 98347921..815b7b25 100644
--- a/cronos/scripts/init.sh
+++ b/cronos/scripts/init.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ API="${API:-eth,txpool,net,debug,web3}"
 GENESIS_URL="${GENESIS_URL:-https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crypto-org-chain/cronos-mainnet/master/cronosmainnet_25-1/genesis.json}"
 SEEDS="${SEEDS:-0d5cf1394a1cfde28dc8f023567222abc0f47534@seed-0.cronos.com:26656,3032073adc06d710dd512240281637c1bd0c8a7b@seed-1.cronos.com:26656,04f43116b4c6c70054d9c2b7485383df5b1ed1da@seed-2.cronos.com:26656,337377dcda43d79c537d2c4d93ad3b698ce9452e@bd-cronos-mainnet-seed-node-01.bdnodes.net:26656}"
 STATESYNC_RPC="${STATESYNC_RPC:-https://cronos-rpc.publicnode.com:443}"
+PERSISTENT_PEERS="${PERSISTENT_PEERS:-0d5cf1394a1cfde28dc8f023567222abc0f47534@seed-0.cronos.com:26656,3032073adc06d710dd512240281637c1bd0c8a7b@seed-1.cronos.com:26656,04f43116b4c6c70054d9c2b7485383df5b1ed1da@seed-2.cronos.com:26656,337377dcda43d79c537d2c4d93ad3b698ce9452e@bd-cronos-mainnet-seed-node-01.bdnodes.net:26656}"
+MAX_NUM_OUTBOUND_PEERS="${MAX_NUM_OUTBOUND_PEERS:-40}"
+MAX_NUM_INBOUND_PEERS="${MAX_NUM_INBOUND_PEERS:-80}"
+SKIP_TIMEOUT_COMMIT="${SKIP_TIMEOUT_COMMIT:-true}"
 MIN_GAS="${MIN_GAS:-5000000000000basecro}"
 PRUNING="${PRUNING:-custom}"
 PRUNING_KEEP_RECENT="${PRUNING_KEEP_RECENT:-100}"
@@ -56,6 +60,10 @@ sed -i "/^\[evm\]/,/^\[/{s|^max-tx-gas-wanted = .*|max-tx-gas-wanted = $EVM_MAX_
 
 ct_patch_p2p "$CONFIG_DIR/config.toml" "$IP" "${P2P_PORT:-10521}"
 ct_merge_seeds "$CONFIG_DIR/config.toml" "$SEEDS"
+ct_set_persistent_peers "$CONFIG_DIR/config.toml" "$PERSISTENT_PEERS"
+sed -i "s/^max_num_outbound_peers = .*/max_num_outbound_peers = ${MAX_NUM_OUTBOUND_PEERS}/" "$CONFIG_DIR/config.toml"
+sed -i "s/^max_num_inbound_peers = .*/max_num_inbound_peers = ${MAX_NUM_INBOUND_PEERS}/" "$CONFIG_DIR/config.toml"
+sed -i "s/^skip_timeout_commit = .*/skip_timeout_commit = ${SKIP_TIMEOUT_COMMIT}/" "$CONFIG_DIR/config.toml"
 ct_configure_statesync "$CONFIG_DIR/config.toml" "$STATESYNC_RPC" 2000
 ct_set_moniker "$CONFIG_DIR/config.toml" "${MONIKER:-rpc-node}"