diff --git a/config_example.conf b/config_example.conf
index 0719cf1..270c39f 100644
--- a/config_example.conf
+++ b/config_example.conf
@@ -8,8 +8,16 @@ secret = "passw0rd"
 ssh_key = "~/.ssh/id_rsa"
 ssh_interface = "wlp4s0"
 
+# enable receiving
+yanic_enable = true
+# yanic_synchronize = "1m"
+yanic_collect_interval = "1m"
+
 [yanic]
-enable = true
-ifname = "lo"
-address = "::1"
-port   = 10001
+ifname = "wlp4s0"
+# e.g. to receive data of real yanic
+#  - please also disable `yanic_collect_interval`
+# ifname = "lo"
+# ip_address = "::1"
+# send_no_request = no
+# port
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index f9565fb..7e561e3 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -58,13 +58,19 @@ func main() {
 	nodes.AddNotifyStats(ws.SendStats)
 	nodes.AddNotifyNode(ws.SendNode)
 
-	if config.Yanic.Enable {
-		collector = respondYanic.NewCollector(db, nodesYanic, make(map[string][]string), []respondYanic.InterfaceConfig{respondYanic.InterfaceConfig{
-			InterfaceName: config.Yanic.InterfaceName,
-			IPAddress:     config.Yanic.Address,
-			Port:          config.Yanic.Port,
-		}})
+	if config.YanicEnable {
+		if duration := config.YanicSynchronize.Duration; duration > 0 {
+			now := time.Now()
+			delay := duration - now.Sub(now.Truncate(duration))
+			log.Printf("delaying %0.1f seconds", delay.Seconds())
+			time.Sleep(delay)
+		}
+		collector = respondYanic.NewCollector(db, nodesYanic, make(map[string][]string), []respondYanic.InterfaceConfig{config.Yanic})
+		if duration := config.YanicCollectInterval.Duration; duration > 0 {
+			collector.Start(config.YanicCollectInterval.Duration)
+		}
 		defer collector.Close()
+		log.Info("started Yanic collector")
 	}
 
 	// Startwebserver
@@ -97,9 +103,6 @@ func main() {
 
 	// Stop services
 	srv.Close()
-	if config.Yanic.Enable {
-		collector.Close()
-	}
 	nodesSaveWorker.Close()
 	nodesUpdateWorker.Close()
 
diff --git a/runtime/config.go b/runtime/config.go
index bfa1d2f..beee151 100644
--- a/runtime/config.go
+++ b/runtime/config.go
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 package runtime
 
+import (
+	"github.com/FreifunkBremen/yanic/lib/duration"
+
+	respondYanic "github.com/FreifunkBremen/yanic/respond"
+)
+
 //config file of this daemon (for more the config_example.conf in git repository)
 type Config struct {
 	// prevent crashes
@@ -18,10 +24,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	SSHInterface  string `toml:"ssh_interface"`
 
 	// yanic socket
-	Yanic struct {
-		Enable        bool   `toml:"enable"`
-		InterfaceName string `toml:"ifname"`
-		Address       string `toml:"address"`
-		Port          int    `toml:"port"`
-	} `toml:"yanic"`
+	YanicEnable          bool                         `toml:"yanic_enable"`
+	YanicSynchronize     duration.Duration            `toml:"yanic_synchronize"`
+	YanicCollectInterval duration.Duration            `toml:"yanic_collect_interval"`
+	Yanic                respondYanic.InterfaceConfig `toml:"yanic"`
 }
diff --git a/yanic_example.conf b/yanic_example.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 820164e..0000000
--- a/yanic_example.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-[respondd]
-enable           = true
-collect_interval = "1m"
-
-[[respondd.interfaces]]
-ifname = "wlp4s0"
-
-[webserver]
-enable  = false
-
-[nodes]
-state_path    = "/tmp/state.json"
-prune_after   = "7d"
-save_interval = "5s"
-offline_after = "10m"
-
-[[nodes.output.meshviewer-ffrgb]]
-enable   = true
-path = "./webroot/data/meshviewer.json"
-
-[nodes.output.meshviewer-ffrgb.filter]
-no_owner = false
-
-[database]
-delete_after    = "1y"
-delete_interval = "1h"
-
-[[database.connection.respondd]]
-enable   = true
-type     = "udp6"
-address  = "[::1]:10001"