diff --git a/deploy/deploy-peer/src/main/resources/config/init/bftsmart.config b/deploy/deploy-peer/src/main/resources/config/init/bftsmart.config
index 12342e86..6ab5665a 100644
--- a/deploy/deploy-peer/src/main/resources/config/init/bftsmart.config
+++ b/deploy/deploy-peer/src/main/resources/config/init/bftsmart.config
@@ -55,13 +55,7 @@ system.server.3.network.secure=false
 #system.authentication.hmacAlgorithm = HmacSHA1
 
 #Specify if the communication system should use a thread to send data (true or false)
-system.communication.useSenderThread = true
-
-#The time interval for retrying to send message after connection failure.  In milliseconds;
-system.communication.send.retryInterval=2000
-
-#The number of retries to send message after connection failure.
-system.communication.send.retryCount=100
+#system.communication.useSenderThread = true  //unused property;
 
 #Force all processes to use the same public/private keys pair and secret key. This is useful when deploying experiments
 #and benchmarks, but must not be used in production systems.
@@ -98,6 +92,12 @@ system.communication.inQueueSize = 500000
 # Quantity of messages that can be stored in the send queue of each replica
 system.communication.outQueueSize = 500000
 
+#The time interval for retrying to send message after connection failure.  In milliseconds;
+system.communication.send.retryInterval=2000
+
+#The number of retries to send message after connection failure.
+system.communication.send.retryCount=100
+
 #Set to 1 if SMaRt should use signatures, set to 0 if otherwise
 system.communication.useSignatures = 0