diff --git a/src/chainparams.cpp b/src/chainparams.cpp
index eadc967617fee..0fcb9d34bf581 100644
--- a/src/chainparams.cpp
+++ b/src/chainparams.cpp
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ class CMainParams : public CChainParams
         nZerocoinRequiredStakeDepth = 200; //The required confirmations for a zpiv to be stakable
 
         nBudget_Fee_Confirmations = 6; // Number of confirmations for the finalization fee
+        nProposalEstablishmentTime = 60 * 60 * 24; // Proposals must be at least a day old to make it into a budget
     }
 
     const Checkpoints::CCheckpointData& Checkpoints() const
@@ -335,6 +336,8 @@ class CTestNetParams : public CMainParams
         nStartMasternodePayments = 1420837558; //Fri, 09 Jan 2015 21:05:58 GMT
         nBudget_Fee_Confirmations = 3; // Number of confirmations for the finalization fee. We have to make this very short
                                        // here because we only have a 8 block finalization window on testnet
+
+        nProposalEstablishmentTime = 60 * 5; // Proposals must be at least 5 mns old to make it into a test budget
     }
     const Checkpoints::CCheckpointData& Checkpoints() const
     {
diff --git a/src/chainparams.h b/src/chainparams.h
index 525598a5de75d..e317b803dbab0 100644
--- a/src/chainparams.h
+++ b/src/chainparams.h
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ class CChainParams
     int PoolMaxTransactions() const { return nPoolMaxTransactions; }
     /** Return the number of blocks in a budget cycle */
     int GetBudgetCycleBlocks() const { return nBudgetCycleBlocks; }
+    int64_t GetProposalEstablishmentTime() const { return nProposalEstablishmentTime; }
 
     /** Spork key and Masternode Handling **/
     std::string SporkKey() const { return strSporkKey; }
@@ -190,6 +191,7 @@ class CChainParams
     int nZerocoinStartHeight;
     int nZerocoinStartTime;
     int nZerocoinRequiredStakeDepth;
+    int64_t nProposalEstablishmentTime;
 
     int nBlockEnforceSerialRange;
     int nBlockRecalculateAccumulators;
diff --git a/src/masternode-budget.cpp b/src/masternode-budget.cpp
index 74231f884021e..502967c4807b0 100644
--- a/src/masternode-budget.cpp
+++ b/src/masternode-budget.cpp
@@ -1553,6 +1553,11 @@ bool CBudgetProposal::IsValid(std::string& strError, bool fCheckCollateral)
     return true;
 }
 
+bool CBudgetProposal::IsEstablished()
+{
+    return nTime < GetAdjustedTime() - Params().GetProposalEstablishmentTime();
+}
+
 bool CBudgetProposal::AddOrUpdateVote(CBudgetVote& vote, std::string& strError)
 {
     std::string strAction = "New vote inserted:";
diff --git a/src/masternode-budget.h b/src/masternode-budget.h
index ce2eb227dec4c..a762c809b55ef 100644
--- a/src/masternode-budget.h
+++ b/src/masternode-budget.h
@@ -492,14 +492,7 @@ class CBudgetProposal
 
     bool IsValid(std::string& strError, bool fCheckCollateral = true);
 
-    bool IsEstablished()
-    {
-        // Proposals must be at least a day old to make it into a budget
-        if (Params().NetworkID() == CBaseChainParams::MAIN) return (nTime < GetTime() - (60 * 60 * 24));
-
-        // For testing purposes - 5 minutes
-        return (nTime < GetTime() - (60 * 5));
-    }
+    bool IsEstablished();
 
     std::string GetName() { return strProposalName; }
     std::string GetURL() { return strURL; }