diff --git a/doc/examples/config.json b/doc/examples/config.json
index c32caf45..b4f4ac11 100644
--- a/doc/examples/config.json
+++ b/doc/examples/config.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "race-name": "AC35",
-  "time-scale": 100,
-  "race-size": 2,
+  "time-scale": 1000,
+  "race-size": 4,
   "teams": [
     {"team-name": "Oracle Team USA", "velocity": 20.9},
     {"team-name": "Artemis Racing", "velocity": 18.3},
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0be33f00..7baaf7fc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -106,4 +106,4 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </reporting>
-</project>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/seng302/App.java b/src/main/java/seng302/App.java
index 4031553b..5f8d7292 100644
--- a/src/main/java/seng302/App.java
+++ b/src/main/java/seng302/App.java
@@ -7,10 +7,8 @@ public class App
 {
 	/**
 	* Builds a race object for the AC35 course
-	*
-	* @param numberOfBoats, the number of boats to include in the race
 	*/
-	public static Race createRace(int numberOfBoats) throws Exception{
+	public static Race createRace() throws Exception{
 		Race race = new Race();
 
 		// Read team names from file
@@ -18,6 +16,13 @@ public class App
 		ArrayList<String> boatNames = new ArrayList<>();
 		ArrayList<Map<String, Object>> teams = fp.getTeams();
 
+		//get race size
+		int numberOfBoats = (int) fp.getRaceSize();
+
+		//get time scale
+		int timeScale = (int) fp.getTimeScale();
+		race.setTimeScale(timeScale);
+
 		for (Map<String, Object> team : teams) {
 			boatNames.add((String) team.get("team-name"));
 		}
@@ -52,7 +57,7 @@ public class App
     	Race race = null;
 
     	try{
-    		 race = createRace(2);
+    		 race = createRace();
     	}
     	catch (Exception e){
     		System.out.println(e);
diff --git a/src/main/java/seng302/Race.java b/src/main/java/seng302/Race.java
index f354e26a..033b0c63 100644
--- a/src/main/java/seng302/Race.java
+++ b/src/main/java/seng302/Race.java
@@ -135,6 +135,14 @@ public class Race {
 		return this.legs;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Sets time scale
+	 * @param timeScale
+	 */
+	public void setTimeScale(int timeScale) {
+		this.timeScale = timeScale;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Temporary method used to generated all the events.
 	 */
@@ -144,7 +152,7 @@ public class Race {
 		for (Boat boat : this.boats) {
 			long totalDistance = 0;
 			for (Leg leg : this.legs) {
-				long time = (long) (1000 * totalDistance / (boat.getVelocity() * this.timeScale));
+				long time = (long) (1000 * totalDistance / boat.getVelocity());
 				Event event = new Event(time, boat, leg);
 				events.add(event);
 				totalDistance += leg.getDistance();
@@ -173,7 +181,7 @@ public class Race {
 		// iterates all events. ends when no event in events.
 		while (!events.isEmpty()) {
 			Event peekEvent = events.peek();
-			long currentTime = System.currentTimeMillis() - this.startTime;
+			long currentTime = (System.currentTimeMillis() - this.startTime) * this.timeScale;
 
 			if (currentTime > peekEvent.getTime()) {
 				// pull out the event