diff --git a/channel.go b/channel.go
index 3acf0c1..61f0aa4 100644
--- a/channel.go
+++ b/channel.go
@@ -13,12 +13,13 @@ type channelManager struct {
 	url                 string
 	channel             *amqp.Channel
 	connection          *amqp.Connection
-	config              amqp.Config
+	amqpConfig          amqp.Config
 	channelMux          *sync.RWMutex
 	notifyCancelOrClose chan error
+	reconnectInterval   time.Duration
 }
 
-func newChannelManager(url string, conf amqp.Config, log Logger) (*channelManager, error) {
+func newChannelManager(url string, conf amqp.Config, log Logger, reconnectInterval time.Duration) (*channelManager, error) {
 	conn, ch, err := getNewChannel(url, conf)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -30,8 +31,9 @@ func newChannelManager(url string, conf amqp.Config, log Logger) (*channelManage
 		connection:          conn,
 		channel:             ch,
 		channelMux:          &sync.RWMutex{},
-		config:              conf,
+		amqpConfig:          conf,
 		notifyCancelOrClose: make(chan error),
+		reconnectInterval:   reconnectInterval,
 	}
 	go chManager.startNotifyCancelOrClosed()
 	return &chManager, nil
@@ -50,8 +52,8 @@ func getNewChannel(url string, conf amqp.Config) (*amqp.Connection, *amqp.Channe
 }
 
 // startNotifyCancelOrClosed listens on the channel's cancelled and closed
-// notifiers. When it detects a problem, it attempts to reconnect with an exponential
-// backoff. Once reconnected, it sends an error back on the manager's notifyCancelOrClose
+// notifiers. When it detects a problem, it attempts to reconnect.
+// Once reconnected, it sends an error back on the manager's notifyCancelOrClose
 // channel
 func (chManager *channelManager) startNotifyCancelOrClosed() {
 	notifyCloseChan := chManager.channel.NotifyClose(make(chan *amqp.Error, 1))
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ func (chManager *channelManager) startNotifyCancelOrClosed() {
 		// If the connection close is triggered by the Server, a reconnection takes place
 		if err != nil && err.Server {
 			chManager.logger.Printf("attempting to reconnect to amqp server after close")
-			chManager.reconnectWithBackoff()
+			chManager.reconnectLoop()
 			chManager.logger.Printf("successfully reconnected to amqp server after close")
 			chManager.notifyCancelOrClose <- err
 		}
@@ -74,20 +76,17 @@ func (chManager *channelManager) startNotifyCancelOrClosed() {
 		}
 	case err := <-notifyCancelChan:
 		chManager.logger.Printf("attempting to reconnect to amqp server after cancel")
-		chManager.reconnectWithBackoff()
+		chManager.reconnectLoop()
 		chManager.logger.Printf("successfully reconnected to amqp server after cancel")
 		chManager.notifyCancelOrClose <- errors.New(err)
 	}
 }
 
-// reconnectWithBackoff continuously attempts to reconnect with an
-// exponential backoff strategy
-func (chManager *channelManager) reconnectWithBackoff() {
-	backoffTime := time.Second
+// reconnectLoop continuously attempts to reconnect
+func (chManager *channelManager) reconnectLoop() {
 	for {
-		chManager.logger.Printf("waiting %s seconds to attempt to reconnect to amqp server", backoffTime)
-		time.Sleep(backoffTime)
-		backoffTime *= 2
+		chManager.logger.Printf("waiting %s seconds to attempt to reconnect to amqp server", chManager.reconnectInterval)
+		time.Sleep(chManager.reconnectInterval)
 		err := chManager.reconnect()
 		if err != nil {
 			chManager.logger.Printf("error reconnecting to amqp server: %v", err)
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ func (chManager *channelManager) reconnectWithBackoff() {
 func (chManager *channelManager) reconnect() error {
 	chManager.channelMux.Lock()
 	defer chManager.channelMux.Unlock()
-	newConn, newChannel, err := getNewChannel(chManager.url, chManager.config)
+	newConn, newChannel, err := getNewChannel(chManager.url, chManager.amqpConfig)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/consume.go b/consume.go
index baf82f3..99203c4 100644
--- a/consume.go
+++ b/consume.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package rabbitmq
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"time"
 
 	amqp "github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go"
 )
@@ -31,8 +32,9 @@ type Consumer struct {
 // Logging set to true will enable the consumer to print to stdout
 // Logger specifies a custom Logger interface implementation overruling Logging.
 type ConsumerOptions struct {
-	Logging bool
-	Logger  Logger
+	Logging           bool
+	Logger            Logger
+	ReconnectInterval time.Duration
 }
 
 // Delivery captures the fields for a previously delivered message resident in
@@ -44,15 +46,16 @@ type Delivery struct {
 
 // NewConsumer returns a new Consumer connected to the given rabbitmq server
 func NewConsumer(url string, config amqp.Config, optionFuncs ...func(*ConsumerOptions)) (Consumer, error) {
-	options := &ConsumerOptions{}
+	options := &ConsumerOptions{
+		Logging:           true,
+		Logger:            &stdLogger{},
+		ReconnectInterval: time.Second * 5,
+	}
 	for _, optionFunc := range optionFuncs {
 		optionFunc(options)
 	}
-	if options.Logger == nil {
-		options.Logger = &noLogger{} // default no logging
-	}
 
-	chManager, err := newChannelManager(url, config, options.Logger)
+	chManager, err := newChannelManager(url, config, options.Logger, options.ReconnectInterval)
 	if err != nil {
 		return Consumer{}, err
 	}
@@ -63,6 +66,14 @@ func NewConsumer(url string, config amqp.Config, optionFuncs ...func(*ConsumerOp
 	return consumer, nil
 }
 
+// WithConsumerOptionsReconnectInterval sets the interval at which the consumer will
+// attempt to reconnect to the rabbit server
+func WithConsumerOptionsReconnectInterval(reconnectInterval time.Duration) func(options *ConsumerOptions) {
+	return func(options *ConsumerOptions) {
+		options.ReconnectInterval = reconnectInterval
+	}
+}
+
 // WithConsumerOptionsLogging sets a logger to log to stdout
 func WithConsumerOptionsLogging(options *ConsumerOptions) {
 	options.Logging = true