diff --git a/Config.cpp b/Config.cpp
index 7f8f2f53..10c55e8f 100644
--- a/Config.cpp
+++ b/Config.cpp
@@ -210,6 +210,13 @@ namespace config {
       ("websockets.address", value<std::string>()->default_value("127.0.0.1"), "address to bind websocket server on")
       ("websockets.port", value<uint16_t>()->default_value(7666), "port to bind websocket server on");
 
+	options_description exploratory("Exploratory Options");
+	exploratory.add_options()
+	  ("exploratory.inbound.length",      value<int>()->default_value(2),  "Exploratory inbound tunnel length")	
+	  ("exploratory.outbound.length",     value<int>()->default_value(2),  "Exploratory outbound tunnel length")
+	  ("exploratory.inbound.quantity",    value<int>()->default_value(3),  "Exploratory inbound tunnels quantity")	
+	  ("exploratory.outbound.quantity",   value<int>()->default_value(3),  "Exploratory outbound tunnels quantity");	
+
     m_OptionsDesc
       .add(general)
 	  .add(limits)	
@@ -226,6 +233,7 @@ namespace config {
       .add(addressbook)	
       .add(trust)
       .add(websocket)
+	  .add(exploratory)
       ;
   }
 
diff --git a/Tunnel.cpp b/Tunnel.cpp
index 6f9346d2..390c64ac 100644
--- a/Tunnel.cpp
+++ b/Tunnel.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "I2NPProtocol.h"
 #include "Transports.h"
 #include "NetDb.h"
+#include "Config.h"
 #include "Tunnel.h"
 #include "TunnelPool.h"
 #ifdef WITH_EVENTS
@@ -741,7 +742,11 @@ namespace tunnel
 			CreateZeroHopsOutboundTunnel ();
 			if (!m_ExploratoryPool)
 			{
-				m_ExploratoryPool = CreateTunnelPool (2, 2, 3, 3); // 2-hop exploratory, 3 tunnels
+				int ibLen; i2p::config::GetOption("exploratory.inbound.length", ibLen);
+				int obLen; i2p::config::GetOption("exploratory.outbound.length", obLen);
+				int ibNum; i2p::config::GetOption("exploratory.inbound.quantity", ibNum);
+				int obNum; i2p::config::GetOption("exploratory.outbound.quantity", obNum);
+				m_ExploratoryPool = CreateTunnelPool (ibLen, obLen, ibNum, obNum); 
 				m_ExploratoryPool->SetLocalDestination (i2p::context.GetSharedDestination ());
 			}
 			return;