diff --git a/tests/common_parameters.py b/tests/common_parameters.py
index 492a572..954503f 100644
--- a/tests/common_parameters.py
+++ b/tests/common_parameters.py
@@ -32,4 +32,6 @@
 default_dates_frequency = "Monthly"
 default_dates_account = "CLIENT:/BISAM/REPOSITORY/QA/SMALL_PORT.ACCT"
 default_lookup_directory = "client:"
+# This is exclusively created for the quant tests to avoid frequent status calls
+quant_max_age = '5' if not os.getenv("QUANT_CUSTOM_MAX_AGE") else os.getenv("QUANT_CUSTOM_MAX_AGE")
 spar_account = "client:/aapi/spar3_qa_test_document"
diff --git a/tests/test_quant_calculations_api.py b/tests/test_quant_calculations_api.py
index 2350d50..19848f87 100644
--- a/tests/test_quant_calculations_api.py
+++ b/tests/test_quant_calculations_api.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 from fds.analyticsapi.engines.model.quant_calculation_meta import QuantCalculationMeta
 from common_functions import CommonFunctions
 from api_workflow import run_api_workflow_with_assertions
+import common_parameters
 
 
 class TestQuantCalculationsApi(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -98,7 +99,8 @@ def read_calculation_status(test_context):
                     status_response[0].data.status in ("Queued", "Executing")))
 
             while status_response[1] == 202 and (status_response[0].data.status in ("Queued", "Executing")):
-                max_age = '5'
+                max_age = common_parameters.quant_max_age
+                print('max-age: ' + max_age)
                 age_value = status_response[2].get("cache-control")
                 if age_value is not None:
                     max_age = age_value.replace("max-age=", "")