diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bc7faa9..f68d655 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ EOF
 helm install external-dns-ionos bitnami/external-dns -f external-dns-ionos-values.yaml
 ```
 
+See [here](./cmd/webhook/init/configuration/configuration.go) for all available configuration options of webhook sidecar.
+
 ## Verify the image resource integrity
 
 All official webhooks provided by IONOS are signed using [Cosign](https://docs.sigstore.dev/cosign/overview/).
diff --git a/cmd/webhook/init/configuration/configuration.go b/cmd/webhook/init/configuration/configuration.go
index 2768736..03f1cc1 100644
--- a/cmd/webhook/init/configuration/configuration.go
+++ b/cmd/webhook/init/configuration/configuration.go
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 package configuration
 
 import (
+	"time"
+
 	"github.com/caarlos0/env/v8"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 // Config struct for configuration environmental variables
 type Config struct {
-	ServerHost string `env:"SERVER_HOST" envDefault:"localhost"`
-	ServerPort int    `env:"SERVER_PORT" envDefault:"8888"`
-
-	DomainFilter         []string `env:"DOMAIN_FILTER" envDefault:""`
-	ExcludeDomains       []string `env:"EXCLUDE_DOMAIN_FILTER" envDefault:""`
-	RegexDomainFilter    string   `env:"REGEXP_DOMAIN_FILTER" envDefault:""`
-	RegexDomainExclusion string   `env:"REGEXP_DOMAIN_FILTER_EXCLUSION" envDefault:""`
+	ServerHost           string        `env:"SERVER_HOST" envDefault:"localhost"`
+	ServerPort           int           `env:"SERVER_PORT" envDefault:"8888"`
+	ServerReadTimeout    time.Duration `env:"SERVER_READ_TIMEOUT"`
+	ServerWriteTimeout   time.Duration `env:"SERVER_WRITE_TIMEOUT"`
+	DomainFilter         []string      `env:"DOMAIN_FILTER" envDefault:""`
+	ExcludeDomains       []string      `env:"EXCLUDE_DOMAIN_FILTER" envDefault:""`
+	RegexDomainFilter    string        `env:"REGEXP_DOMAIN_FILTER" envDefault:""`
+	RegexDomainExclusion string        `env:"REGEXP_DOMAIN_FILTER_EXCLUSION" envDefault:""`
 }
 
 // Init sets up configuration by reading set environmental variables
diff --git a/cmd/webhook/init/server/server.go b/cmd/webhook/init/server/server.go
index b39094c..b4c157f 100644
--- a/cmd/webhook/init/server/server.go
+++ b/cmd/webhook/init/server/server.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func Init(config configuration.Config, p *webhook.Webhook) *http.Server {
 	r.Post("/records", p.ApplyChanges)
 	r.Post("/adjustendpoints", p.AdjustEndpoints)
 
-	srv := createHTTPServer(fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", config.ServerHost, config.ServerPort), r)
+	srv := createHTTPServer(fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", config.ServerHost, config.ServerPort), r, config.ServerReadTimeout, config.ServerWriteTimeout)
 	go func() {
 		log.Infof("starting server on addr: '%s' ", srv.Addr)
 		if err := srv.ListenAndServe(); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, http.ErrServerClosed) {
@@ -43,14 +43,12 @@ func Init(config configuration.Config, p *webhook.Webhook) *http.Server {
 	return srv
 }
 
-func createHTTPServer(addr string, hand http.Handler) *http.Server {
+func createHTTPServer(addr string, hand http.Handler, readTimeout, writeTimeout time.Duration) *http.Server {
 	return &http.Server{
-		ReadTimeout:       5 * time.Second,
-		WriteTimeout:      10 * time.Second,
-		IdleTimeout:       120 * time.Second,
-		ReadHeaderTimeout: 5 * time.Second,
-		Addr:              addr,
-		Handler:           hand,
+		ReadTimeout:  readTimeout,
+		WriteTimeout: writeTimeout,
+		Addr:         addr,
+		Handler:      hand,
 	}
 }