diff --git a/mon/mon.js b/mon/mon.js
index 7280215f..f1d0c129 100644
--- a/mon/mon.js
+++ b/mon/mon.js
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ const etcd_tree = {
             client_dirty_limit: 33554432,
             peer_connect_interval: 5, // seconds. min: 1
             peer_connect_timeout: 5, // seconds. min: 1
+            osd_idle_timeout: 5, // seconds. min: 1
+            osd_ping_timeout: 5, // seconds. min: 1
             up_wait_retry_interval: 500, // ms. min: 50
             // osd
             etcd_report_interval: 30, // min: 10
@@ -57,7 +59,10 @@ const etcd_tree = {
             client_queue_depth: 128, // unused
             recovery_queue_depth: 4,
             readonly: false,
+            no_recovery: false,
+            no_rebalance: false,
             print_stats_interval: 3,
+            slow_log_interval: 10,
             // blockstore - fixed in superblock
             block_size,
             disk_alignment,
@@ -77,6 +82,7 @@ const etcd_tree = {
             disable_meta_fsync,
             disable_device_lock,
             // blockstore - configurable
+            max_write_iodepth,
             flusher_count,
             inmemory_metadata,
             inmemory_journal,
diff --git a/src/osd.cpp b/src/osd.cpp
index 5a178bbe..ba21cf2a 100644
--- a/src/osd.cpp
+++ b/src/osd.cpp
@@ -54,11 +54,12 @@ osd_t::~osd_t()
 
 void osd_t::parse_config(blockstore_config_t & config)
 {
-    if (config.find("log_level") == config.end())
-        config["log_level"] = "1";
     // Initial startup configuration
     json11::Json json_config = json11::Json(config);
     st_cli.parse_config(json_config);
+    if (config.find("log_level") == config.end())
+        config["log_level"] = "1";
+    log_level = strtoull(config["log_level"].c_str(), NULL, 10);
     etcd_report_interval = strtoull(config["etcd_report_interval"].c_str(), NULL, 10);
     if (etcd_report_interval <= 0)
         etcd_report_interval = 30;
@@ -67,6 +68,8 @@ void osd_t::parse_config(blockstore_config_t & config)
         throw std::runtime_error("osd_num is required in the configuration");
     c_cli.osd_num = osd_num;
     run_primary = config["run_primary"] != "false" && config["run_primary"] != "0" && config["run_primary"] != "no";
+    no_rebalance = config["no_rebalance"] == "true" || config["no_rebalance"] == "1" || config["no_rebalance"] == "yes";
+    no_recovery = config["no_recovery"] == "true" || config["no_recovery"] == "1" || config["no_recovery"] == "yes";
     // Cluster configuration
     bind_address = config["bind_address"];
     if (bind_address == "")
diff --git a/src/osd.h b/src/osd.h
index c8c6bc17..3673a587 100644
--- a/src/osd.h
+++ b/src/osd.h
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ class osd_t
     bool readonly = false;
     osd_num_t osd_num = 1; // OSD numbers start with 1
     bool run_primary = false;
+    bool no_rebalance = false;
+    bool no_recovery = false;
     std::string bind_address;
     int bind_port, listen_backlog;
     // FIXME: Implement client queue depth limit
diff --git a/src/osd_flush.cpp b/src/osd_flush.cpp
index acdabb6d..c62023ae 100644
--- a/src/osd_flush.cpp
+++ b/src/osd_flush.cpp
@@ -209,32 +209,38 @@ void osd_t::submit_flush_op(pool_id_t pool_id, pg_num_t pg_num, pg_flush_batch_t
 
 bool osd_t::pick_next_recovery(osd_recovery_op_t &op)
 {
-    for (auto pg_it = pgs.begin(); pg_it != pgs.end(); pg_it++)
+    if (!no_recovery)
     {
-        if ((pg_it->second.state & (PG_ACTIVE | PG_HAS_DEGRADED)) == (PG_ACTIVE | PG_HAS_DEGRADED))
+        for (auto pg_it = pgs.begin(); pg_it != pgs.end(); pg_it++)
         {
-            for (auto obj_it = pg_it->second.degraded_objects.begin(); obj_it != pg_it->second.degraded_objects.end(); obj_it++)
+            if ((pg_it->second.state & (PG_ACTIVE | PG_HAS_DEGRADED)) == (PG_ACTIVE | PG_HAS_DEGRADED))
             {
-                if (recovery_ops.find(obj_it->first) == recovery_ops.end())
+                for (auto obj_it = pg_it->second.degraded_objects.begin(); obj_it != pg_it->second.degraded_objects.end(); obj_it++)
                 {
-                    op.degraded = true;
-                    op.oid = obj_it->first;
-                    return true;
+                    if (recovery_ops.find(obj_it->first) == recovery_ops.end())
+                    {
+                        op.degraded = true;
+                        op.oid = obj_it->first;
+                        return true;
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
     }
-    for (auto pg_it = pgs.begin(); pg_it != pgs.end(); pg_it++)
+    if (!no_rebalance)
     {
-        if ((pg_it->second.state & (PG_ACTIVE | PG_HAS_MISPLACED)) == (PG_ACTIVE | PG_HAS_MISPLACED))
+        for (auto pg_it = pgs.begin(); pg_it != pgs.end(); pg_it++)
         {
-            for (auto obj_it = pg_it->second.misplaced_objects.begin(); obj_it != pg_it->second.misplaced_objects.end(); obj_it++)
+            if ((pg_it->second.state & (PG_ACTIVE | PG_HAS_MISPLACED)) == (PG_ACTIVE | PG_HAS_MISPLACED))
             {
-                if (recovery_ops.find(obj_it->first) == recovery_ops.end())
+                for (auto obj_it = pg_it->second.misplaced_objects.begin(); obj_it != pg_it->second.misplaced_objects.end(); obj_it++)
                 {
-                    op.degraded = false;
-                    op.oid = obj_it->first;
-                    return true;
+                    if (recovery_ops.find(obj_it->first) == recovery_ops.end())
+                    {
+                        op.degraded = false;
+                        op.oid = obj_it->first;
+                        return true;
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }