diff --git a/apps/dashboard/app/javascript/config.js b/apps/dashboard/app/javascript/config.js
index aa1efea705..fd9c0f3072 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/app/javascript/config.js
+++ b/apps/dashboard/app/javascript/config.js
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ export function bcIndexUrl() {
   return cfgData['bcIndexUrl'];
 }
 
+export function statusPollDelay() {
+  const cfgData = configData();
+  return Number(cfgData['statusPollDelay']);
+}
+
 export function statusIndexUrl() {
   const cfgData = configData();
   return cfgData['statusIndexUrl'];
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/app/javascript/system_status.js b/apps/dashboard/app/javascript/system_status.js
index 823b125c3b..531abb73b6 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/app/javascript/system_status.js
+++ b/apps/dashboard/app/javascript/system_status.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-import { statusIndexUrl } from './config'
+import { statusIndexUrl, statusPollDelay } from './config'
 import { pollAndReplace } from './turbo_shim'
 
 jQuery(() => {
-  pollDelay = 30000;
-  pollAndReplace(statusIndexUrl(), pollDelay, "system-status");
-})
\ No newline at end of file
+  pollAndReplace(statusIndexUrl(), statusPollDelay(), "system-status");
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/app/views/layouts/_config.html.erb b/apps/dashboard/app/views/layouts/_config.html.erb
index ba2713118a..c79ed77614 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/app/views/layouts/_config.html.erb
+++ b/apps/dashboard/app/views/layouts/_config.html.erb
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@
   data-base-analytics-path="<%= analytics_path('delme').gsub(/[\/]*delme[\/]*/,'') %>"
   data-bc-poll-delay="<%= Configuration.bc_sessions_poll_delay %>"
   data-bc-index-url="<%= batch_connect_sessions_path %>"
+  data-status-poll-delay="<%= Configuration.status_poll_delay %>"
   data-status-index-url="<%= system_status_path %>"
 ></div>
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/config/configuration_singleton.rb b/apps/dashboard/config/configuration_singleton.rb
index ec691c43d1..4f4b0cd05c 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/config/configuration_singleton.rb
+++ b/apps/dashboard/config/configuration_singleton.rb
@@ -377,6 +377,14 @@ def ood_bc_card_time
     (ood_bc_card_time_int < 0) ? 0 : ood_bc_card_time_int
   end
 
+  # Returns the number of milliseconds to wait between calls to the system status page
+  # The default is 30s and the minimum is 10s.
+  def status_poll_delay
+    status_poll_delay = ENV['STATUS_POLL_DELAY']
+    status_poll_delay_int = status_poll_delay.nil? ? config.fetch(:status_delay, '30000').to_i : status_poll_delay.to_i
+    status_poll_delay_int < 10_000 ? 10_000 : status_poll_delay_int
+  end
+
   # Returns the number of milliseconds to wait between calls to the BatchConnect Sessions resource
   # to update the sessions card information.
   # The default and minimum value is 10s = 10_000