diff --git a/podstatus/app.py b/podstatus/app.py
index 0212b16..690f424 100644
--- a/podstatus/app.py
+++ b/podstatus/app.py
@@ -42,7 +42,14 @@
     bstick = blinkstick.find_first()
     if not bstick:
         logging.info("No BlinkStick found")
-    led_per_pod = 3
+    logging.info(
+        f"BlinkStick found: {bstick.get_description()} - {bstick.get_serial()}"
+    )
+    logging.info(
+        f"Setting total LED to {config.BLINKSTICK_TOTAL_LED} and grouping to {config.BLINKSTICK_GROUP_LED}"
+    )
+    bstick.set_led_count(config.BLINKSTICK_TOTAL_LED)
+    led_per_pod = config.BLINKSTICK_GROUP_LED
 except NoBackendError as e:
     logging.fatal(f"BlinkStick setup failed: {e}")
     bstick = None
diff --git a/podstatus/config.py b/podstatus/config.py
index 1205d3a..6faad3c 100644
--- a/podstatus/config.py
+++ b/podstatus/config.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.LOG_LEVEL = self.get_env_var("LOG_LEVEL", "INFO").upper()
         self.KUBECONFIG = os.getenv("KUBECONFIG", None)
         self.K8S_NAMESPACE = self.get_env_var("K8S_NAMESPACE")
+        self.BLINKSTICK_TOTAL_LED = self.get_env_int_var("BLINKSTICK_TOTAL_LED", 15)
+        self.BLINKSTICK_GROUP_LED = self.get_env_int_var("BLINKSTICK_GROUP_LED", 3)
 
     def get_env_var(self, name, default=None):
         value = os.getenv(name, default)
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ def get_env_var(self, name, default=None):
         return value.replace('"', "")
 
     def get_env_int_var(self, name, default=None):
-        value = self.get_env_var(name, default)
+        value = os.getenv(name, default)
         try:
             return int(value)
         except ValueError: