diff --git a/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.gfe/res/spring/gfe-request.xml b/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.gfe/res/spring/gfe-request.xml
index 07849d9472..f9c13fb12c 100644
--- a/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.gfe/res/spring/gfe-request.xml
+++ b/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.gfe/res/spring/gfe-request.xml
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@
         <endpoint id="exportDigitalDataCron" uri="clusteredquartz://gfe/exportDigitalData/?cron=${gfe.cron}"/>
         <endpoint id="gfeLogPurgeCron" uri="clusteredquartz://gfe/purgeGfeLogs/?cron=${purge.gfe.logs.cron}"/>
         <endpoint id="svcbuLogPurgeCron" uri="clusteredquartz://gfe/purgeSvcbuLogs/?cron=${purge.svcbu.logs.cron}"/>
-        <endpoint id="iscSendLauncher" uri="timer://iscSendThread?repeatCount=1"/>
+        <endpoint id="iscSendLauncher" uri="quartz://iscSendThread?trigger.repeatCount=0&amp;trigger.repeatInterval=1"/>
 
         <route id="exportDigitalData">
             <from uri="exportDigitalDataCron"/>
diff --git a/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.gfe/res/spring/gfe-spring.xml b/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.gfe/res/spring/gfe-spring.xml
index a1ce8ec0ea..93c3e69bac 100644
--- a/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.gfe/res/spring/gfe-spring.xml
+++ b/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.gfe/res/spring/gfe-spring.xml
@@ -29,9 +29,12 @@
     <bean id="wclWatch" class="com.raytheon.edex.plugin.gfe.watch.WCLWatchSrv"/>
 
     <bean id="vtecChangeListener" class="com.raytheon.edex.plugin.gfe.server.notify.VTECTableChangeListener"/>
-    
+
     <camelContext id="gfe-camel-spring" xmlns="http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring" errorHandlerRef="errorHandler">
-        <endpoint id="smartInitLauncher" uri="timer://smartInitThread?repeatCount=${smartinit.threads}"/>
+        <!-- TODO: This can be switched back to original thread count and use a bean to
+             subtract one from the thread count once this issue has been fixed.
+             https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CAMEL-7540 -->
+        <endpoint id="smartInitLauncher" uri="quartz://smartInitThread?trigger.repeatCount=${smartinit.additional.threads}&amp;trigger.repeatInterval=1"/>
 
         <route id="SPCWatch">
             <from uri="vm:gfe.spcWatch"/>
diff --git a/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.gfe/resources/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.gfe.properties b/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.gfe/resources/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.gfe.properties
index 58d44e2351..bf61b033f5 100644
--- a/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.gfe/resources/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.gfe.properties
+++ b/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.gfe/resources/com.raytheon.edex.plugin.gfe.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# The number of smart init threads to use
-smartinit.threads=1
+# Will always have 1 smart init thread.  This is the number of additional threads to start.
+smartinit.additional.threads=0
 
 # interval to run exportDigitalData
 gfe.cron=0+15+*+*+*+?