diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fc3e6ed..4b5cb9e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 - backoff max is max count not max delay
 - used mutex protection to make client list and nn_sends thread safe
 - put mutex lock into get_global_node
+- change svc alive from a thread to a function called every 30 sec from main
 
 ## [1.0.1] - 2018-07-18
 ### Added
diff --git a/src/conn_interface.c b/src/conn_interface.c
index c0f841c..9259f5f 100644
--- a/src/conn_interface.c
+++ b/src/conn_interface.c
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ void createSocketConnection(void (* initKeypress)())
     bool seshat_registered = false;
     unsigned int webpa_ping_timeout_ms = 1000 * get_parodus_cfg()->webpa_ping_timeout;
     unsigned int heartBeatTimer = 0;
+    struct timespec start_svc_alive_timer;
     
     //loadParodusCfg(tmpCfg,get_parodus_cfg());
 #ifdef FEATURE_DNS_QUERY
@@ -93,13 +94,13 @@ void createSocketConnection(void (* initKeypress)())
     }
     packMetaData();
     
-    UpStreamMsgQ = NULL;
+    UpStreamMsgQ = NULL;    
     StartThread(handle_upstream);
     StartThread(processUpstreamMessage);
     ParodusMsgQ = NULL;
     StartThread(messageHandlerTask);
-    StartThread(serviceAliveTask);
-	StartThread(CRUDHandlerTask);
+    /* StartThread(serviceAliveTask); */
+    StartThread(CRUDHandlerTask);
 
     if (NULL != initKeypress) 
     {
@@ -108,6 +109,8 @@ void createSocketConnection(void (* initKeypress)())
 
     seshat_registered = __registerWithSeshat();
     
+    clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &start_svc_alive_timer);
+
     do
     {
         struct timespec start, stop, diff;
@@ -169,6 +172,12 @@ void createSocketConnection(void (* initKeypress)())
             }
             createNopollConnection(ctx);
         }
+        clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &stop);
+        timespec_diff(&start_svc_alive_timer, &stop, &diff);
+        if (diff.tv_sec >= 30) {
+                serviceAliveTask ();
+                start_svc_alive_timer.tv_sec += 30;
+        }
        } while(!get_close_retry() && !g_shutdown);
 
     close_and_unref_connection(get_global_conn());
diff --git a/src/service_alive.c b/src/service_alive.c
index 314634d..74cd02c 100644
--- a/src/service_alive.c
+++ b/src/service_alive.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 /*
  * @brief To handle registered services to indicate that the service is still alive.
  */
-void *serviceAliveTask()
+int serviceAliveTask()
 {
 	void *svc_bytes;
 	wrp_msg_t svc_alive_msg;
@@ -52,11 +52,10 @@ void *serviceAliveTask()
         if(nbytes < 0)
         {
                 ParodusError(" Failed to encode wrp struct returns %d\n", nbytes);
+		return -1;
         }
         else
         {
-	        while(1)
-	        {
 		        ParodusPrint("serviceAliveTask: numOfClients registered is %d\n", get_numOfClients());
 		        temp = get_global_node();
 		        if(get_numOfClients() > 0)
@@ -93,15 +92,12 @@ void *serviceAliveTask()
 			        }
 				release_global_node ();
 		         	ParodusPrint("Waiting for 30s to send keep alive msg \n");
-		         	sleep(KEEPALIVE_INTERVAL_SEC);
 	            	}
 	            	else
 	            	{
 				release_global_node ();
 	            		ParodusInfo("No clients are registered, waiting ..\n");
-	            		sleep(50);
 	            	}
-	        }
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/service_alive.h b/src/service_alive.h
index 3298b04..e8b273a 100644
--- a/src/service_alive.h
+++ b/src/service_alive.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
   
-void *serviceAliveTask();
+int serviceAliveTask();
 
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/tests/test_conn_interface.c b/tests/test_conn_interface.c
index 2c9d7ae..f4bcf0f 100644
--- a/tests/test_conn_interface.c
+++ b/tests/test_conn_interface.c
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ void *messageHandlerTask()
     return NULL;
 }
 
-void *serviceAliveTask()
+int serviceAliveTask()
 {
-    return NULL;
+    return 0;
 }
 
 int nopoll_loop_wait(noPollCtx * ctx,long timeout)
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ void test_createSocketConnection()
     expect_function_call(createNopollConnection);
     expect_function_call(packMetaData);
 
-    expect_function_calls(StartThread, 5);
+    expect_function_calls(StartThread, 4);
     expect_function_call(initKeypress);
     will_return(nopoll_loop_wait, 1);
     expect_function_call(nopoll_loop_wait);
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ void test_createSocketConnection1()
     expect_function_call(createNopollConnection);
     expect_function_call(packMetaData);
 
-    expect_function_calls(StartThread, 5);
+    expect_function_calls(StartThread, 4);
     will_return(nopoll_loop_wait, 1);
     expect_function_call(nopoll_loop_wait);
     
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ void test_PingMissIntervalTime()
     expect_function_call(createNopollConnection);
     expect_function_call(packMetaData);
 
-    expect_function_calls(StartThread, 5);
+    expect_function_calls(StartThread, 4);
     //Increment ping interval time to 1 sec for each nopoll_loop_wait call
     will_return(nopoll_loop_wait, 1);
     will_return(nopoll_loop_wait, 1);
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ void err_createSocketConnection()
     expect_function_call(createNopollConnection);
     expect_function_call(packMetaData);
 
-    expect_function_calls(StartThread, 5);
+    expect_function_calls(StartThread, 4);
     will_return(nopoll_loop_wait, 1);
     expect_function_call(nopoll_loop_wait);
     
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ void test_createSocketConnection_cloud_disconn()
 	expect_function_call(createNopollConnection);
 	expect_function_call(packMetaData);
 
-	expect_function_calls(StartThread, 5);
+	expect_function_calls(StartThread, 4);
 	will_return(nopoll_loop_wait, 1);
 	expect_function_call(nopoll_loop_wait);
 
diff --git a/tests/test_service_alive.c b/tests/test_service_alive.c
index bb4735e..26ba5ed 100644
--- a/tests/test_service_alive.c
+++ b/tests/test_service_alive.c
@@ -134,7 +134,10 @@ static void *keep_alive_thread()
 	//ParodusPrint("keep_alive threadId is %d\n", threadId);
 	sleep(2);
 	ParodusPrint("Starting serviceAliveTask..\n");
-	serviceAliveTask();
+	while (true) {
+	  serviceAliveTask();
+	  sleep (30);
+	}
 	return 0;
 }