diff --git a/connection.impl/src/main/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/connection/impl/builders/DistributedNativeBuilder.java b/connection.impl/src/main/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/connection/impl/builders/DistributedNativeBuilder.java
index 39d57163f..6e7cf8e32 100644
--- a/connection.impl/src/main/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/connection/impl/builders/DistributedNativeBuilder.java
+++ b/connection.impl/src/main/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/connection/impl/builders/DistributedNativeBuilder.java
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
  */
 package com.ericsson.bss.cassandra.ecchronos.connection.impl.builders;
 
+import com.ericsson.bss.cassandra.ecchronos.connection.CustomDriverOption;
 import com.ericsson.bss.cassandra.ecchronos.connection.DataCenterAwarePolicy;
 import com.ericsson.bss.cassandra.ecchronos.connection.impl.enums.ConnectionType;
-
 import com.datastax.oss.driver.api.core.CqlSession;
 import com.datastax.oss.driver.api.core.CqlSessionBuilder;
 import com.datastax.oss.driver.api.core.auth.AuthProvider;
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ private static ProgrammaticDriverConfigLoaderBuilder loaderBuilder(
                         SCHEMA_REFRESHED_KEYSPACES);
         if (builder.myType.equals(ConnectionType.datacenterAware))
         {
-            DataCenterAwarePolicy.setAllowedDcs(builder.myDatacenterAware);
+            loaderBuilder.withStringList(CustomDriverOption.PartitionAwarePolicyAllowedDCs, builder.myDatacenterAware);
             loaderBuilder.withString(DefaultDriverOption.LOAD_BALANCING_POLICY_CLASS,
                 builder.myDatacenterAwarePolicy.getCanonicalName());
             loaderBuilder.withInt(DefaultDriverOption.LOAD_BALANCING_DC_FAILOVER_MAX_NODES_PER_REMOTE_DC,
diff --git a/connection/src/main/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/connection/CustomDriverOption.java b/connection/src/main/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/connection/CustomDriverOption.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..276a76151
--- /dev/null
+++ b/connection/src/main/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/connection/CustomDriverOption.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.ericsson.bss.cassandra.ecchronos.connection;
+
+import com.datastax.oss.driver.api.core.config.DriverOption;
+
+public enum CustomDriverOption implements DriverOption
+{
+
+    PartitionAwarePolicyAllowedDCs("basic.allowed-dcs");
+
+    private final String myPath;
+
+    CustomDriverOption(final String path)
+    {
+        myPath = path;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getPath()
+    {
+        return myPath;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/connection/src/main/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/connection/DataCenterAwarePolicy.java b/connection/src/main/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/connection/DataCenterAwarePolicy.java
index e8e26fef0..34e2001ca 100644
--- a/connection/src/main/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/connection/DataCenterAwarePolicy.java
+++ b/connection/src/main/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/connection/DataCenterAwarePolicy.java
@@ -52,19 +52,14 @@ public class DataCenterAwarePolicy extends DefaultLoadBalancingPolicy
 
     private final ConcurrentMap<String, CopyOnWriteArrayList<Node>> myPerDcLiveNodes = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
     private final AtomicInteger myIndex = new AtomicInteger();
-    private static List<String> myAllowedDcs;
+    private final List<String> myAllowedDcs;
 
     public DataCenterAwarePolicy(final DriverContext context, final String profileName)
     {
         super(context, profileName);
-    }
-
-    public static void setAllowedDcs(final List<String> allowedDcs)
-    {
-        if (allowedDcs != null)
-        {
-            myAllowedDcs = allowedDcs;
-        }
+        myAllowedDcs = context.getConfig()
+                        .getDefaultProfile()
+                        .getStringList(CustomDriverOption.PartitionAwarePolicyAllowedDCs);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/connection/src/test/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/connection/TestDataCenterAwarePolicy.java b/connection/src/test/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/connection/TestDataCenterAwarePolicy.java
index b5cac68be..890d2be69 100644
--- a/connection/src/test/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/connection/TestDataCenterAwarePolicy.java
+++ b/connection/src/test/java/com/ericsson/bss/cassandra/ecchronos/connection/TestDataCenterAwarePolicy.java
@@ -122,18 +122,20 @@ public void setup()
         when(myDriverContextMock.getMetadataManager()).thenReturn(myMetadataManagerMock);
         when(myMetadataManagerMock.getMetadata()).thenReturn(myMetadataMock);
         when(myDriverConfigMock.getProfile(any(String.class))).thenReturn(myDriverExecutionProfileMock);
+        when(myDriverConfigMock.getDefaultProfile()).thenReturn(myDriverExecutionProfileMock);
         when(myDriverExecutionProfileMock.getName()).thenReturn("unittest");
         when(myDriverExecutionProfileMock.getInt(DefaultDriverOption.LOAD_BALANCING_DC_FAILOVER_MAX_NODES_PER_REMOTE_DC)).thenReturn(999);
         when(myDriverExecutionProfileMock.getBoolean(DefaultDriverOption.LOAD_BALANCING_DC_FAILOVER_ALLOW_FOR_LOCAL_CONSISTENCY_LEVELS)).thenReturn(false);
         when(myDriverExecutionProfileMock.getString(DefaultDriverOption.REQUEST_CONSISTENCY)).thenReturn("LOCAL_QUORUM");
         when(myDriverContextMock.getConsistencyLevelRegistry()).thenReturn(myConsistencyLevelRegistryMock);
         when(myConsistencyLevelRegistryMock.nameToLevel(any(String.class))).thenReturn(ConsistencyLevel.LOCAL_QUORUM);
+        when(myDriverConfigMock.getDefaultProfile().getStringList(CustomDriverOption.PartitionAwarePolicyAllowedDCs)).thenReturn(null);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void testDistanceHost()
     {
-        DataCenterAwarePolicy.setAllowedDcs(null);
+//        DataCenterAwarePolicy.setAllowedDcs(null);
         DataCenterAwarePolicy policy = new DataCenterAwarePolicy(myDriverContextMock, "");
         policy.init(myNodes, myDistanceReporterMock);
 
@@ -153,7 +155,7 @@ public void testDistanceHost()
     @Test
     public void testDistanceHostWithAllowedDcs()
     {
-        DataCenterAwarePolicy.setAllowedDcs(List.of(myAllowedDcs));
+        when(myDriverConfigMock.getDefaultProfile().getStringList(CustomDriverOption.PartitionAwarePolicyAllowedDCs)).thenReturn(List.of(myAllowedDcs));
 
         DataCenterAwarePolicy policy = new DataCenterAwarePolicy(myDriverContextMock, "");
         policy.init(myNodes, myDistanceReporterMock);