diff --git a/lib/gearmanode/client.js b/lib/gearmanode/client.js
index bd49403..44e6053 100644
--- a/lib/gearmanode/client.js
+++ b/lib/gearmanode/client.js
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ var util          = require('util'),
     Job           = require('./job').Job,
     lb            = require('./load-balancing'),
     protocol      = require('./protocol'),
-    common        = require('./common');
+    common        = require('./common'),
+    JS_CONSTANTS  = require('./job-server').CONSTANTS;
 
 
 /**
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ var Client = exports.Client = function(options) {
     if (options.hasOwnProperty('loadBalancing')) { delete options.loadBalancing; }
     if (options.hasOwnProperty('recoverTime')) { delete options.recoverTime; }
 
-    returned = common.verifyAndSanitizeOptions(clientOptions, { loadBalancing: 'Sequence', recoverTime: 30000 });
+    returned = common.verifyAndSanitizeOptions(clientOptions, { loadBalancing: 'Sequence', recoverTime: JS_CONSTANTS.DEFAULT_RECOVER_TIME });
     if (returned instanceof Error) { return returned; }
 
     this._type = 'Client';
diff --git a/lib/gearmanode/job-server.js b/lib/gearmanode/job-server.js
index fab392c..4960895 100644
--- a/lib/gearmanode/job-server.js
+++ b/lib/gearmanode/job-server.js
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ var net      = require('net'),
     common   = require('./common');
 
 
+// constants
+var constants = exports.CONSTANTS = {
+    DEFAULT_RECOVER_TIME: 30000
+};
+
+
 /**
  * @class JobServer
  * @classdesc A class representing an abstraction to Gearman job server (gearmand).
diff --git a/lib/gearmanode/load-balancing.js b/lib/gearmanode/load-balancing.js
index 7d523dc..1ebbe15 100644
--- a/lib/gearmanode/load-balancing.js
+++ b/lib/gearmanode/load-balancing.js
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@
  *
  */
 
-var util    = require('util'),
-    winston = require('winston'),
-    common  = require('./common');
+var util         = require('util'),
+    winston      = require('winston'),
+    common       = require('./common');
+    JS_CONSTANTS = require('./job-server').CONSTANTS;
 
 
 // After what time [s] can be a failed node reused in load balancing.
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ var util    = require('util'),
 
 /**
  * Constructor.
- * 
+ *
  * @params nodeCount count of nodes to be balanced
  */
 var LBStrategy = function(nodeCount) {
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ var LBStrategy = function(nodeCount) {
 
     this.nodeCount = nodeCount;
     this.badNodes = {};
-    this.recoverTime = 30000;
+    this.recoverTime = JS_CONSTANTS.DEFAULT_RECOVER_TIME;
 };
 
 /** Static logger. */
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ LBStrategy.prototype.nextIndex = common.abstractMethod;
 
 /**
  * Marks an index as good that means it can be used for next server calls.
- * 
+ *
  * @param idx index to be marked as good
  */
 LBStrategy.prototype.goodOne = function(idx) {
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ LBStrategy.prototype._searchNextGood = function (badIdx) {
 /**
  * Implementation of Sequence strategy.
  * Assigns work in the order of nodes defined by the client initialization.
- * 
+ *
  * @params nodeCount count of nodes to be balanced
  */
 var Sequence = exports.Sequence = function(nodeCount) {
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ Sequence.prototype.nextIndex = function () {
 /**
  * Implementation of Round Robin strategy.
  * Assigns work in round-robin order per nodes defined by the client initialization.
- * 
+ *
  * @params nodeCount count of nodes to be balanced
  */
 var RoundRobin = exports.RoundRobin = function(nodeCount) {
diff --git a/lib/gearmanode/version.js b/lib/gearmanode/version.js
index 8688874..9102a73 100644
--- a/lib/gearmanode/version.js
+++ b/lib/gearmanode/version.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 
 exports.VERSION_HISTORY = [
-    ['0.9.1', '2015-06-26', 'PR #35, Enh #24'],
+    ['0.9.1', '2015-06-28', 'PR #35, Enh #24'],
     ['0.9.0', '2015-06-19', 'PR #29, fully implemented Gearman Protocol'],
     ['0.2.2', '2015-02-04', 'BF #26'],
     ['0.2.1', '2015-01-04', 'BF #25'],
diff --git a/test/test-load-balancing.js b/test/test-load-balancing.js
index 21d8d40..f8738ae 100644
--- a/test/test-load-balancing.js
+++ b/test/test-load-balancing.js
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ describe('load-balancing', function() {
 
 
         describe('#constructor', function() {
+            it('should return default instance of Sequence', function() {
+                lb.should.be.an.instanceof(Sequence);
+                lb.nodeCount.should.equal(2);
+                Object.keys(lb.badNodes).length.should.equal(0);
+                lb.recoverTime.should.equal(30000);
+            })
             it('should return error when violated validation', function() {
                 // duplicate servers
                 lb = new Sequence();