diff --git a/api_testcase.go b/api_testcase.go
index 8466579..5795199 100644
--- a/api_testcase.go
+++ b/api_testcase.go
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/programmfabrik/fylr-apitest/lib/datastore"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/programmfabrik/fylr-apitest/lib/datastore"
+
 	"github.com/programmfabrik/fylr-apitest/lib/cjson"
 
 	"github.com/programmfabrik/fylr-apitest/lib/api"
@@ -17,22 +18,19 @@ import (
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
-const (
-	defaultTimeout int = 10
-)
-
 // Case defines the structure of our single testcase
 // It gets read in by our config reader at the moment the mainfest.json gets parsed
 type Case struct {
-	Name              string            `json:"name"`
-	RequestData       *util.GenericJson `json:"request"`
-	TypedResponseData *CaseResponse     `json:"response"`
-	responseData      util.GenericJson
+	Name              string                 `json:"name"`
+	RequestData       *util.GenericJson      `json:"request"`
+	ResponseData      util.GenericJson       `json:"response"`
 	ContinueOnFailure bool                   `json:"continue_on_failure"`
 	Store             map[string]interface{} `json:"store"`                // init datastore before testrun
 	StoreResponse     map[string]string      `json:"store_response_qjson"` // store qjson parsed response in datastore
 
 	Timeout         int                `json:"timeout_ms"`
+	WaitBefore      *int               `json:"wait_before_ms"`
+	WaitAfter       *int               `json:"wait_after_ms"`
 	Delay           *int               `json:"delay_ms"`
 	BreakResponse   []util.GenericJson `json:"break_response"`
 	CollectResponse util.GenericJson   `json:"collect_response"`
@@ -65,22 +63,6 @@ func (testCase Case) runAPITestCase() (success bool) {
 	}
 	log.Infof("     [%2d] '%s'", testCase.index, testCase.Name)
 
-	//Marshal external datastructure in our internal used reponseData
-	jsonResponse, err := json.Marshal(testCase.TypedResponseData)
-	if err != nil {
-		err = fmt.Errorf("error marshaling TypedResponseData: %s", err)
-		r.SaveToReportLog(fmt.Sprintf("Error during execution: %s", err))
-		log.Errorf("     [%2d] %s", testCase.index, err)
-		return false
-	}
-	err = json.Unmarshal(jsonResponse, &testCase.responseData)
-	if err != nil {
-		err = fmt.Errorf("error unmarshaling into responseData: %s", err)
-		r.SaveToReportLog(fmt.Sprintf("Error during execution: %s", err))
-		log.Errorf("     [%2d] %s", testCase.index, err)
-		return false
-	}
-
 	r.NewChild(testCase.Name)
 
 	start := time.Now()
@@ -93,7 +75,7 @@ func (testCase Case) runAPITestCase() (success bool) {
 
 		return false
 	}
-	err = testCase.dataStore.SetMap(testCase.Store)
+	err := testCase.dataStore.SetMap(testCase.Store)
 	if err != nil {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("error setting datastore map:%s", err)
 		r.SaveToReportLog(fmt.Sprintf("Error during execution: %s", err))
@@ -322,13 +304,16 @@ func (testCase Case) run() (success bool, err error) {
 
 	collectPresent := testCase.CollectResponse != nil
 
+	if testCase.WaitBefore != nil {
+		log.Infof("wait_before_ms: %d", *testCase.WaitBefore)
+		time.Sleep(time.Duration(*testCase.WaitBefore) * time.Millisecond)
+	}
+
 	//Poll repeats the request until the right response is found, or a timeout triggers
 	for {
 		// delay between repeating a request
 		if testCase.Delay != nil {
 			time.Sleep(time.Duration(*testCase.Delay) * time.Millisecond)
-		} else {
-			time.Sleep(time.Duration(defaultTimeout) * time.Millisecond)
 		}
 
 		responsesMatch, request, apiResponse, err = testCase.executeRequest(requestCounter)
@@ -409,6 +394,11 @@ func (testCase Case) run() (success bool, err error) {
 		return false, nil
 	}
 
+	if testCase.WaitAfter != nil {
+		log.Infof("wait_after_ms: %d", *testCase.WaitAfter)
+		time.Sleep(time.Duration(*testCase.WaitAfter) * time.Millisecond)
+	}
+
 	return true, nil
 }
 
@@ -423,10 +413,10 @@ func (testCase Case) loadRequest() (req api.Request, err error) {
 
 func (testCase Case) loadResponse() (res api.Response, err error) {
 	// unspecified response is interpreted as status_code 200
-	if testCase.responseData == nil {
+	if testCase.ResponseData == nil {
 		return api.NewResponse(200, nil, bytes.NewReader([]byte("")))
 	}
-	spec, err := testCase.loadResponseSerialization(testCase.responseData)
+	spec, err := testCase.loadResponseSerialization(testCase.ResponseData)
 	if err != nil {
 		return res, fmt.Errorf("error loading response spec: %s", err)
 	}