diff --git a/src/main/java/world/bentobox/level/calculators/CalcIslandLevel.java b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/level/calculators/CalcIslandLevel.java
index 7bba904..a1b060b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/world/bentobox/level/calculators/CalcIslandLevel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/level/calculators/CalcIslandLevel.java
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ import world.bentobox.level.Level;
 
 public class CalcIslandLevel {
 
-    private static final int MAX_CHUNKS = 200;
-    private static final long SPEED = 1;
+    private final int MAX_CHUNKS;
+    private final long SPEED;
     private static final String LINE_BREAK = "==================================";
     private boolean checking;
     private final BukkitTask task;
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ public class CalcIslandLevel {
         // Set the initial island handicap
         result.initialLevel = addon.getInitialIslandLevel(island);
 
+        SPEED = addon.getSettings().getUpdateTickDelay();
+        MAX_CHUNKS = addon.getSettings().getChunksPerTick();
+
         // Get chunks to scan
         chunksToScan = getChunksToScan(island);
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/world/bentobox/level/config/Settings.java b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/level/config/Settings.java
index 5a16783..0c63609 100644
--- a/src/main/java/world/bentobox/level/config/Settings.java
+++ b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/level/config/Settings.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package world.bentobox.level.config;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -23,7 +22,19 @@ public class Settings {
     private int deathpenalty;
     private long levelCost;
     private int levelWait;
-    private List<String> gameModes = new ArrayList<>();
+
+    /**
+     * Stores number of chunks that can be updated in single tick.
+     */
+    private int chunksPerTick;
+
+    /**
+     * Stores number of tick delay between each chunk loading.
+     */
+    private long updateTickDelay;
+
+    private List<String> gameModes;
+
 
     public Settings(Level level) {
         this.level = level;
@@ -32,6 +43,22 @@ public class Settings {
         // GameModes
         gameModes = level.getConfig().getStringList("game-modes");
 
+        // Level calculation chunk load speed
+        this.setUpdateTickDelay(level.getConfig().getLong("updatetickdelay", 1));
+
+        if (this.getUpdateTickDelay() <= 0)
+        {
+            this.setUpdateTickDelay(1);
+        }
+
+        // Level calculation chunk count per update
+        this.setChunksPerTick(level.getConfig().getInt("chunkspertick", 200));
+
+        if (this.getChunksPerTick() <= 0)
+        {
+            this.setChunksPerTick(200);
+        }
+
         setLevelWait(level.getConfig().getInt("levelwait", 60));
         if (getLevelWait() < 0) {
             setLevelWait(0);
@@ -218,4 +245,46 @@ public class Settings {
     public boolean isShortHand() {
         return level.getConfig().getBoolean("shorthand");
     }
+
+
+    /**
+     * This method returns the number of chunks that can be processed at single tick.
+     * @return the value of chunksPerTick.
+     */
+    public int getChunksPerTick()
+    {
+        return this.chunksPerTick;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * This method sets the chunksPerTick value.
+     * @param chunksPerTick the chunksPerTick new value.
+     *
+     */
+    public void setChunksPerTick(int chunksPerTick)
+    {
+        this.chunksPerTick = chunksPerTick;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * This method returns the delay between each update call.
+     * @return the value of updateTickDelay.
+     */
+    public long getUpdateTickDelay()
+    {
+        return this.updateTickDelay;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * This method sets the updateTickDelay value.
+     * @param updateTickDelay the updateTickDelay new value.
+     *
+     */
+    public void setUpdateTickDelay(long updateTickDelay)
+    {
+        this.updateTickDelay = updateTickDelay;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/config.yml b/src/main/resources/config.yml
index 3651de6..0891dc9 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/config.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/config.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@ levelcost: 100
 # Cooldown between level requests in seconds
 levelwait: 60
 
+# Delay between each task that loads chunks for calculating island level.
+# Increasing this will increase time to calculate island level.
+updatetickdelay: 1
+
+# Number of chunks that will be processed at the same tick.
+# Decreasing this will increase time to calculate island level.
+chunkspertick: 200
+
 # Death penalty
 # How many block values a player will lose per death.
 # Default value of 100 means that for every death, the player will lose 1 level (if levelcost is 100)