diff --git a/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/staticflowentry/StaticFlowEntryPusher.java b/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/staticflowentry/StaticFlowEntryPusher.java
index b345bf2119d3131e2237be326a0c71e026bcad10..ba8a2c5fff06087f1771249d532f5c1b6e8c91e7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/staticflowentry/StaticFlowEntryPusher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/staticflowentry/StaticFlowEntryPusher.java
@@ -365,19 +365,21 @@ implements IOFSwitchListener, IFloodlightModule, IStaticFlowEntryPusherService,
 				if (row.get(key) == null) {
 					continue;
 				}
+				
 				if (key.equals(COLUMN_SWITCH) || key.equals(COLUMN_NAME) || key.equals("id")) {
 					continue; // already handled
 				}
-				// explicitly ignore timeouts and wildcards
-				if (key.equals(COLUMN_HARD_TIMEOUT) || key.equals(COLUMN_IDLE_TIMEOUT)) {
-					continue;
-				}
+				
 				if (key.equals(COLUMN_ACTIVE)) {
 					if  (!Boolean.valueOf((String) row.get(COLUMN_ACTIVE))) {
 						log.debug("skipping inactive entry {} for switch {}", entryName, switchName);
 						entries.get(switchName).put(entryName, null);  // mark this an inactive
 						return;
 					}
+				} else if (key.equals(COLUMN_HARD_TIMEOUT)) {
+					fmb.setHardTimeout(Integer.valueOf((String) row.get(COLUMN_HARD_TIMEOUT)));
+				} else if (key.equals(COLUMN_IDLE_TIMEOUT)) {
+					fmb.setIdleTimeout(Integer.valueOf((String) row.get(COLUMN_IDLE_TIMEOUT)));
 				} else if (key.equals(COLUMN_TABLE_ID)) {
 					if (fmb.getVersion().compareTo(OFVersion.OF_10) > 0) {
 						fmb.setTableId(TableId.of(Integer.parseInt((String) row.get(key)))); // support multiple flow tables for OF1.1+
@@ -426,14 +428,11 @@ implements IOFSwitchListener, IFloodlightModule, IStaticFlowEntryPusherService,
 		} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
 			log.debug("Ignoring flow entry {} on switch {} with illegal OFMatch() key: " + match, entryName, switchName);
 			return;
-		}
-//sanjivini		
-		catch (Exception e) {
+		} catch (Exception e) {
 			log.error("OF version incompatible for the match: " + match);
 			e.printStackTrace();
 			return;
 		}
-//sanjivini
 
 		entries.get(switchName).put(entryName, fmb.build()); // add the FlowMod message to the table
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/util/MatchUtils.java b/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/util/MatchUtils.java
index 6957010624f3ef5b055bb140189c8298a729d76c..9b16fa7a8ebaa4f1deb8301049e47b605755f15f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/util/MatchUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/util/MatchUtils.java
@@ -367,13 +367,10 @@ public class MatchUtils {
 
 		Match.Builder mb = OFFactories.getFactory(ofVersion).buildMatch();
 
-		//sanjivini		
-
 		//Determine if the OF version is 1.0 before adding a flow
 		if (ofVersion.equals(OFVersion.OF_10)) {
 			ver10 = true;
 		}
-		//sanjivini
 
 		while (!llValues.isEmpty()) {
 			IpProtocol ipProto = null;
@@ -428,8 +425,6 @@ public class MatchUtils {
 			case STR_NW_SRC:
 				mb.setMasked(MatchField.IPV4_SRC, IPv4AddressWithMask.of(key_value[1]));
 				break;
-
-				//sanjivini
 			case STR_IPV6_DST:
 				if (ver10 == true) {
 					throw new IllegalArgumentException("OF Version incompatible");
@@ -452,8 +447,6 @@ public class MatchUtils {
 					mb.setExact(MatchField.IPV6_FLABEL, IPv6FlowLabel.of(Integer.parseInt(key_value[1])));
 				}
 				break;
-				//sanjivini	
-
 			case STR_NW_PROTO:
 				if (key_value[1].startsWith("0x")) {
 					mb.setExact(MatchField.IP_PROTO, IpProtocol.of(Short.valueOf(key_value[1].replaceFirst("0x", ""), 16)));