--- title: Managing your prep time in Lightspeed Kounta description: Managing your prep time in response to changes in your order volumes is important for keeping customers informed and ensuring delivery drivers arrive at the right time. --- [Skip to content](https://help.bopple.com/prep-time-lightspeed-kounta#main-content) [![logo-full-landscape-1024-1.png\]](https://help.bopple.com/hs-fs/hubfs/logo-full-landscape-1024-1.png?width=100&height=31&name=logo-full-landscape-1024-1.png)](https://help.bopple.com/?hsLang=en) - [Blog](https://blog.bopple.com/) - [Contact Us](https://help.bopple.com/kb-tickets/new) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Blog](https://blog.bopple.com/) - [Contact Us](https://help.bopple.com/kb-tickets/new) - - [Visit Back Office](https://my.bopple.com/) [Visit Back Office](https://my.bopple.com/) How can we help you today? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Support for Merchants](https://help.bopple.com/?hsLang=en) 2. [Integrations](https://help.bopple.com/integrations?hsLang=en) 3. [Lightspeed Kounta POS](https://help.bopple.com/integrations?hsLang=en#lightspeed-kounta-pos) # Managing your prep time in Lightspeed Kounta ## Managing your prep time in response to changes in your order volumes is important for keeping customers informed and ensuring delivery drivers arrive at the right time. When you use Lightspeed Kounta integrated with your online store, your prep time is synced from Lightspeed in real time, so you don't need to sign in to Bopple to update your prep time.  ![](https://help.bopple.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-11-2022-07-04-25-70-AM.png?width=452&height=359&name=image-png-Oct-11-2022-07-04-25-70-AM.png) #### Step 1:Enable Bopple 'add-on' in Lightspeed This first step will require you log in to your Lightspeed Back Office. - Go to **Lightspeed Back Office ➞ Integrations ➞ [Bopple](https://my.kounta.com/integrations/bopple)** - Enable the feature if it is not already enabled #### Step 2:Add a default prep time for your site - Go to **Lightspeed Back Office ➞ Features ➞ [Order Types](https://my.kounta.com/features/order_types)** - Enable the feature if it is not already enabled - Select **Settings** - Set something other than 0 for your **Prep time (minutes)** - Click **Save changes** **![](https://help.bopple.com/hubfs/image-png-Oct-11-2022-06-57-23-33-AM.png)** #### **Step 3: Make temporary adjustments during service** Once you have assigned your default in Lightspeed Back Office, you can make temporary adjustments quickly and easily right from your POS.  - 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