diff --git a/core/modules/syncer.js b/core/modules/syncer.js
index 5e1a8f415..e32fd0b9d 100644
--- a/core/modules/syncer.js
+++ b/core/modules/syncer.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Syncer.prototype.titleIsAnonymous = "$:/status/IsAnonymous";
 Syncer.prototype.titleIsReadOnly = "$:/status/IsReadOnly";
 Syncer.prototype.titleUserName = "$:/status/UserName";
 Syncer.prototype.titleSyncFilter = "$:/config/SyncFilter";
+Syncer.prototype.titleSyncPollingInterval = "$:/config/SyncPollingInterval";
 Syncer.prototype.titleSavedNotification = "$:/language/Notifications/Save/Done";
 Syncer.prototype.taskTimerInterval = 1 * 1000; // Interval for sync timer
 Syncer.prototype.throttleInterval = 1 * 1000; // Defer saving tiddlers if they've changed in the last 1s...
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ function Syncer(options) {
 	this.taskTimerInterval = options.taskTimerInterval || this.taskTimerInterval;
 	this.throttleInterval = options.throttleInterval || this.throttleInterval;
 	this.fallbackInterval = options.fallbackInterval || this.fallbackInterval;
-	this.pollTimerInterval = options.pollTimerInterval || this.pollTimerInterval;
+	this.pollTimerInterval = options.pollTimerInterval || parseInt(this.wiki.getTiddlerText(this.titleSyncPollingInterval,""),10) || this.pollTimerInterval;
 	this.logging = "logging" in options ? options.logging : true;
 	// Make a logger
 	this.logger = new $tw.utils.Logger("syncer" + ($tw.browser ? "-browser" : "") + ($tw.node ? "-server" : "")  + (this.syncadaptor.name ? ("-" + this.syncadaptor.name) : ""),{