diff --git a/joram/joram/client/jms/src/main/java/org/objectweb/joram/client/jms/admin/RestAcquisitionQueue.java b/joram/joram/client/jms/src/main/java/org/objectweb/joram/client/jms/admin/RestAcquisitionQueue.java
index ed38b60fb7dd436d2371e695656786f1de7f514f..01231eb181e932da05f7e89110b67186598f3f6a 100644
--- a/joram/joram/client/jms/src/main/java/org/objectweb/joram/client/jms/admin/RestAcquisitionQueue.java
+++ b/joram/joram/client/jms/src/main/java/org/objectweb/joram/client/jms/admin/RestAcquisitionQueue.java
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ public class RestAcquisitionQueue {
   private String password = "anonymous";
   private boolean mediaTypeJson = true;
   private long timeout = 10000;
-  private int acquisitionPeriod = 100;  // TODO (AF): Normally not needed with asynchronous acquisition.
+  // This attribute below is only needed with timed acquisition.
+  private int acquisitionPeriod = -1;
   // Normally each consumer resource need to be explicitly closed, this parameter allows to set the idle time
   // in seconds in which the consumer context will be closed if idle.
   private long idleTimeout = 60;
diff --git a/joram/joram/client/jms/src/main/java/org/objectweb/joram/client/jms/admin/RestDistributionQueue.java b/joram/joram/client/jms/src/main/java/org/objectweb/joram/client/jms/admin/RestDistributionQueue.java
index b2b597dbd8ef7745c0b70e276f495ee61da2257c..6891dfd6c4297b28004110efd026bc0291395940 100644
--- a/joram/joram/client/jms/src/main/java/org/objectweb/joram/client/jms/admin/RestDistributionQueue.java
+++ b/joram/joram/client/jms/src/main/java/org/objectweb/joram/client/jms/admin/RestDistributionQueue.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public class RestDistributionQueue {
   private boolean batch =  true;
   private boolean async = true;
   private int period = 1000;
-  private long idleTimeout; // TODO (AF): Fix a default value (used in constructor)
+  private long idleTimeout = 60;
   
   /**
    * @return the hostName
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ public class RestDistributionQueue {
     if (!props.containsKey(DestinationConstants.BATCH_DISTRIBUTION_OPTION))
       props.setProperty(DestinationConstants.BATCH_DISTRIBUTION_OPTION, ""+batch);
     if (!props.containsKey(DestinationConstants.IDLETIMEOUT_PROP))
-      props.setProperty(DestinationConstants.IDLETIMEOUT_PROP, ""+ idleTimeout);
+      props.setProperty(DestinationConstants.IDLETIMEOUT_PROP, ""+idleTimeout);
     if (!props.containsKey("period"))
       props.setProperty("period", ""+period);