diff --git a/lib/Segment/Consumer/ForkCurl.php b/lib/Segment/Consumer/ForkCurl.php
index c7b1f9e..e837ead 100644
--- a/lib/Segment/Consumer/ForkCurl.php
+++ b/lib/Segment/Consumer/ForkCurl.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class Segment_Consumer_ForkCurl extends Segment_QueueConsumer {
    * @param array  $options
    *     boolean  "debug" - whether to use debug output, wait for response.
    *     number   "max_queue_size" - the max size of messages to enqueue
-   *     number   "batch_size" - how many messages to send in a single request
+   *     number   "flush_at" - how many messages to send in a single request
    */
   public function __construct($secret, $options = array()) {
     parent::__construct($secret, $options);
diff --git a/lib/Segment/Consumer/LibCurl.php b/lib/Segment/Consumer/LibCurl.php
index 052f4bb..09e9500 100644
--- a/lib/Segment/Consumer/LibCurl.php
+++ b/lib/Segment/Consumer/LibCurl.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class Segment_Consumer_LibCurl extends Segment_QueueConsumer {
    * @param array  $options
    *     boolean  "debug" - whether to use debug output, wait for response.
    *     number   "max_queue_size" - the max size of messages to enqueue
-   *     number   "batch_size" - how many messages to send in a single request
+   *     number   "flush_at" - how many messages to send in a single request
    */
   public function __construct($secret, $options = array()) {
     parent::__construct($secret, $options);
diff --git a/lib/Segment/QueueConsumer.php b/lib/Segment/QueueConsumer.php
index 062d3a1..5008de0 100644
--- a/lib/Segment/QueueConsumer.php
+++ b/lib/Segment/QueueConsumer.php
@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@ abstract class Segment_QueueConsumer extends Segment_Consumer {
   protected $max_queue_size = 1000;
   protected $max_queue_size_bytes = 33554432; //32M
 
-  protected $batch_size = 100;
+  protected $flush_at = 100;
   protected $max_batch_size_bytes = 512000; //500kb
   protected $maximum_backoff_duration = 10000;    // Set maximum waiting limit to 10s
   protected $host = "";
   protected $compress_request = false;
 
+  protected $flush_interval_in_mills = 10000; //frequency in milliseconds to send data, default 10
+
   /**
    * Store our secret and options as part of this consumer
    * @param string $secret
@@ -26,9 +28,25 @@ public function __construct($secret, $options = array()) {
     }
 
     if (isset($options["batch_size"])) {
-      $this->batch_size = $options["batch_size"];
+      if($options["batch_size"] < 1) {
+        $msg = "Batch Size must not be less than 1";
+        error_log("[Analytics][" . $this->type . "] " . $msg);
+      } else {
+        $msg = "WARNING: batch_size option to be depricated soon, please use new option flush_at";
+        error_log("[Analytics][" . $this->type . "] " . $msg);
+        $this->flush_at = $options["batch_size"];
+      }
     }
 
+    if (isset($options["flush_at"])) {
+      if($options["flush_at"] < 1) {
+        $msg = "Flush at Size must not be less than 1";
+        error_log("[Analytics][" . $this->type . "] " . $msg);
+      } else {
+        $this->flush_at = $options["flush_at"];
+      }
+    }    
+
     if (isset($options["host"])) {
       $this->host = $options["host"];
     }
@@ -36,6 +54,15 @@ public function __construct($secret, $options = array()) {
     if (isset($options["compress_request"])) {
       $this->compress_request = json_decode($options["compress_request"]);
     }
+
+    if (isset($options["flush_interval"])) {
+      if($options["flush_interval"] < 1000) {
+        $msg = "Flush interval must not be less than 1 second";
+        error_log("[Analytics][" . $this->type . "] " . $msg);
+      } else {
+        $this->flush_interval_in_mills = $options["flush_interval"];
+      }
+    }
     
     $this->queue = array();
   }
@@ -113,7 +140,8 @@ public function flush() {
     $success = true;
 
     while ($count > 0 && $success) {
-      $batch = array_splice($this->queue, 0, min($this->batch_size, $count));
+
+      $batch = array_splice($this->queue, 0, min($this->flush_at, $count));
 
       if (mb_strlen(serialize((array)$this->queue), '8bit') >= $this->max_batch_size_bytes) {
         $msg = "Batch size is larger than 500KB";
@@ -125,6 +153,8 @@ public function flush() {
       $success = $this->flushBatch($batch);
 
       $count = count($this->queue);
+
+      usleep($this->flush_interval_in_mills * 1000);
     }
 
     return $success;
@@ -152,7 +182,7 @@ protected function enqueue($item) {
     $count = array_push($this->queue, $item);
  
 
-    if ($count >= $this->batch_size) {
+    if ($count >= $this->flush_at) {
       return $this->flush(); // return ->flush() result: true on success
     }