diff --git a/database/postgresql/inputs.tf b/database/postgresql/inputs.tf
index a6eecbb..8b44746 100644
--- a/database/postgresql/inputs.tf
+++ b/database/postgresql/inputs.tf
@@ -4,11 +4,16 @@ variable "environment" {
 }
 
 # Global DataDog
-variable "delay" {
+variable "evaluation_delay" {
   description = "Delay in seconds for the metric evaluation"
   default     = 15
 }
 
+variable "new_host_delay" {
+  description = "Delay in seconds for the metric evaluation"
+  default     = 300
+}
+
 variable "message" {
   description = "Message sent when an alert is triggered"
 }
diff --git a/database/postgresql/monitors-postgresql.tf b/database/postgresql/monitors-postgresql.tf
index 090edfa..515c695 100644
--- a/database/postgresql/monitors-postgresql.tf
+++ b/database/postgresql/monitors-postgresql.tf
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ resource "datadog_monitor" "postgresql_connection_too_high" {
     ) * 100 > ${var.postgresql_connection_threshold_critical}
   EOF
 
-  evaluation_delay = "${var.delay}"
-  new_host_delay   = "${var.delay}"
+  evaluation_delay = "${var.evaluation_delay}"
+  new_host_delay   = "${var.new_host_delay}"
 
   thresholds {
     warning  = "${var.postgresql_connection_threshold_warning}"
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ resource "datadog_monitor" "postgresql_too_many_locks" {
     ) > ${var.postgresql_lock_threshold_critical}
   EOF
 
-  evaluation_delay = "${var.delay}"
-  new_host_delay   = "${var.delay}"
+  evaluation_delay = "${var.evaluation_delay}"
+  new_host_delay   = "${var.new_host_delay}"
 
   thresholds {
     warning  = "${var.postgresql_lock_threshold_warning}"