diff --git a/src/default-cavecomm.conf b/src/default-cavecomm.conf
index 2022eec..8c229e8 100644
--- a/src/default-cavecomm.conf
+++ b/src/default-cavecomm.conf
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 # submissionMaxtotalStorageMB={131072} # Filesize in MB;
 # submissionMaxStorageDurationH={0} # Duration in hours 0 = unlimited;
 # submissionAllowedFiletypes={rar|zip|7z}       # Allowed file extensions like rar|zip|7z|webm|avi etc;
+# submissionDeletedFileRetentionForNextCycle={true}		# File deletion will be executed on the execution of the next Regular Task Execution cylce if true, if false file deletion will be executed immediately. 
 
 
 
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ submissionMaxFileSizeMB=8;
 submissionMaxtotalStorageMB=16;
 submissionMaxStorageDurationH=24;
 submissionAllowedFiletypes=rar|zip|7z|arc|jpg|jpeg|png|mp4|webm;
+submissionDeletedFileRetentionForNextCycle=false;
 
 
 #configend#
diff --git a/src/utilities.cpp b/src/utilities.cpp
index 75d9e86..1517a19 100644
--- a/src/utilities.cpp
+++ b/src/utilities.cpp
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ namespace Utilities {
         int submissionMaxtotalStorageMB = 131072;
         int submissionMaxStorageDurationH = 0;
         std::vector<std::string> submissionAllowedFiletypes = {"rar", "zip","7z"};
+        bool submissionDeletedFileRetentionForNextCycle = true;
 
         /*
          * validates existence of mandatory variables in config
@@ -295,6 +296,10 @@ namespace Utilities {
                                 submissionAllowedFiletypes = Utilities::splitStringIntoVector(lineString, '|');
                                 continue;
                             }
+                            if (lineVector.at(0) == "submissionDeletedFileRetentionForNextCycle") {
+                                submissionDeletedFileRetentionForNextCycle = (lineString == "true");
+                                continue;
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                 }