diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sonyericsson/hudson/plugins/gerrit/trigger/GerritProjectListUpdater.java b/src/main/java/com/sonyericsson/hudson/plugins/gerrit/trigger/GerritProjectListUpdater.java
index 4abf0eb6d..ad12424fd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sonyericsson/hudson/plugins/gerrit/trigger/GerritProjectListUpdater.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sonyericsson/hudson/plugins/gerrit/trigger/GerritProjectListUpdater.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public int getTimerUpdatePeriod() {
      */
     public void setTimerUpdatePeriod(int timerUpdatePeriod) {
         this.timerUpdatePeriod = timerUpdatePeriod;
-        scheduleProjectListUpdate(0, timerUpdatePeriod);
+        scheduleProjectListUpdate(0, (int)TimeUnit.MINUTES.toSeconds(timerUpdatePeriod));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ public void scheduleProjectListUpdate(int initDelay, int updatePeriod) {
                 public void run() {
                     tryLoadProjectList();
                 }
-            }, TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(initDelay), TimeUnit.MINUTES.toMillis(updatePeriod));
+            }, TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(initDelay), TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(updatePeriod));
         } else {
             logger.error("Unable to schedule project list update task because timer is null");
         }