diff --git a/contracts/contract/dao/protocol/settings/RocketDAOProtocolSettingsDeposit.sol b/contracts/contract/dao/protocol/settings/RocketDAOProtocolSettingsDeposit.sol
index 26c55f7f..2794ff27 100644
--- a/contracts/contract/dao/protocol/settings/RocketDAOProtocolSettingsDeposit.sol
+++ b/contracts/contract/dao/protocol/settings/RocketDAOProtocolSettingsDeposit.sol
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ contract RocketDAOProtocolSettingsDeposit is RocketDAOProtocolSettings, RocketDA
             setSettingUint("deposit.assign.maximum", 90);
             setSettingUint("deposit.assign.socialised.maximum", 2);
             setSettingUint("deposit.fee", 0.0005 ether);    // Set to approx. 1 day of rewards at 18.25% APR
+            setSettingUint("deposit.express.queue.rate", 2);
+            setSettingUint("deposit.express.queue.tickets.base.provision", 2);
             // Settings initialised
             setBool(keccak256(abi.encodePacked(settingNameSpace, "deployed")), true);
         }
@@ -73,4 +75,14 @@ contract RocketDAOProtocolSettingsDeposit is RocketDAOProtocolSettings, RocketDA
         return getSettingUint("deposit.fee");
     }
 
+    /// @notice Returns the rate at which the deposit queue is processed
+    function getExpressQueueRate() override external view returns (uint256) {
+        return getSettingUint("deposit.express.queue.rate");
+    }
+
+    /// @notice Returns the number of express tickets provisioned 
+    function getExpressQueueTicketsBaseProvision() override external view returns (uint256) {
+        return getSettingUint("deposit.express.queue.tickets.base.provision");
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/contracts/contract/deposit/RocketDepositPool.sol b/contracts/contract/deposit/RocketDepositPool.sol
index 7bcb48da..72cab694 100644
--- a/contracts/contract/deposit/RocketDepositPool.sol
+++ b/contracts/contract/deposit/RocketDepositPool.sol
@@ -371,8 +371,9 @@ contract RocketDepositPool is RocketBase, RocketDepositPoolInterface, RocketVaul
         uint256 queueIndex = getUint("megapool.queue.index");
         uint256 nodeBalanceUsed = 0;
 
-        // TODO: Parameterise express_queue_rate
-        uint256 expressQueueRate = 2;
+        // Get the rate at which the deposit queue is processed
+        RocketDAOProtocolSettingsDepositInterface rocketDAOProtocolSettingsDeposit = RocketDAOProtocolSettingsDepositInterface(getContractAddress("rocketDAOProtocolSettingsDeposit"));
+        uint256 expressQueueRate = rocketDAOProtocolSettingsDeposit.getExpressQueueRate();
         uint256 totalSent = 0;
 
         for (uint256 i = 0; i < _count; i++) {
diff --git a/contracts/contract/node/RocketNodeManager.sol b/contracts/contract/node/RocketNodeManager.sol
index 2cfc869c..0c1b8017 100644
--- a/contracts/contract/node/RocketNodeManager.sol
+++ b/contracts/contract/node/RocketNodeManager.sol
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {RocketDAONodeTrustedSettingsRewardsInterface} from "../../interface/dao/
 import {RocketDAOProtocolSettingsMinipoolInterface} from "../../interface/dao/protocol/settings/RocketDAOProtocolSettingsMinipoolInterface.sol";
 import {RocketDAOProtocolSettingsNodeInterface} from "../../interface/dao/protocol/settings/RocketDAOProtocolSettingsNodeInterface.sol";
 import {RocketDAOProtocolSettingsRewardsInterface} from "../../interface/dao/protocol/settings/RocketDAOProtocolSettingsRewardsInterface.sol";
+import {RocketDAOProtocolSettingsDepositInterface} from "../../interface/dao/protocol/settings/RocketDAOProtocolSettingsDepositInterface.sol";
 import {RocketMegapoolFactoryInterface} from "../../interface/megapool/RocketMegapoolFactoryInterface.sol";
 import {RocketMinipoolInterface} from "../../interface/minipool/RocketMinipoolInterface.sol";
 import {RocketMinipoolManagerInterface} from "../../interface/minipool/RocketMinipoolManagerInterface.sol";
@@ -194,8 +195,9 @@ contract RocketNodeManager is RocketBase, RocketNodeManagerInterface {
         setBool(keccak256(abi.encodePacked("node.voting.enabled", msg.sender)), true);
         setString(keccak256(abi.encodePacked("node.timezone.location", msg.sender)), _timezoneLocation);
         setBool(keccak256(abi.encodePacked("node.express.provisioned", msg.sender)), true);
-        // TODO: Parameterise `express_queue_tickets_base_provision`
-        uint256 expressQueueTicketsBaseProvision = 2;
+        // Get the number of express tickets to provision
+        RocketDAOProtocolSettingsDepositInterface rocketDAOProtocolSettingsDeposit = RocketDAOProtocolSettingsDepositInterface(getContractAddress("rocketDAOProtocolSettingsDeposit"));
+        uint256 expressQueueTicketsBaseProvision = rocketDAOProtocolSettingsDeposit.getExpressQueueTicketsBaseProvision();
         setUint(keccak256(abi.encodePacked("node.express.tickets")), expressQueueTicketsBaseProvision);
         // Add node to index
         bytes32 nodeIndexKey = keccak256(abi.encodePacked("nodes.index"));
@@ -476,7 +478,9 @@ contract RocketNodeManager is RocketBase, RocketNodeManagerInterface {
         uint256 expressTickets = 0;
         if (!provisioned) {
             // Nodes prior to Saturn should receive 2 express tickets (initial value of `express_queue_tickets_base_provision`)
-            expressTickets += 2;
+            RocketDAOProtocolSettingsDepositInterface rocketDAOProtocolSettingsDeposit = RocketDAOProtocolSettingsDepositInterface(getContractAddress("rocketDAOProtocolSettingsDeposit"));
+            uint256 expressQueueTicketsBaseProvision = rocketDAOProtocolSettingsDeposit.getExpressQueueTicketsBaseProvision();
+            expressTickets += expressQueueTicketsBaseProvision;
             // Each node SHALL be provided additional express_queue_tickets equal to (bonded ETH in legacy minipools)/4
             RocketNodeStakingInterface rocketNodeStaking = RocketNodeStakingInterface(getContractAddress("rocketNodeStaking"));
             uint256 ethProvided = rocketNodeStaking.getNodeETHProvided(_nodeAddress);
diff --git a/contracts/interface/dao/protocol/settings/RocketDAOProtocolSettingsDepositInterface.sol b/contracts/interface/dao/protocol/settings/RocketDAOProtocolSettingsDepositInterface.sol
index 33b493f6..c59cf9f1 100644
--- a/contracts/interface/dao/protocol/settings/RocketDAOProtocolSettingsDepositInterface.sol
+++ b/contracts/interface/dao/protocol/settings/RocketDAOProtocolSettingsDepositInterface.sol
@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@ interface RocketDAOProtocolSettingsDepositInterface {
     function getMaximumDepositAssignments() external view returns (uint256);
     function getMaximumDepositSocialisedAssignments() external view returns (uint256);
     function getDepositFee() external view returns (uint256);
+    function getExpressQueueRate() external view returns (uint256);
+    function getExpressQueueTicketsBaseProvision() external view returns (uint256);
 }