diff --git a/include/config.h b/include/config.h
index 9cd1630..eeb7bee 100644
--- a/include/config.h
+++ b/include/config.h
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ void initialize_config(Config *config, JsonDocument json);
 
 bool load_config_file(const char *file_path, Config *config);
 
-long minutes_to_microseconds(int minutes);
+long minutes_to_milliseconds(int minutes);
 
 #endif // CONFIG_H_
diff --git a/src/config.cpp b/src/config.cpp
index db23343..a1ef442 100644
--- a/src/config.cpp
+++ b/src/config.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ void initialize_config(Config *config, JsonDocument json) {
     config->topic = strdup(json["mqtt_topic"]);
     config->device_id = strdup(json["device_id"]);
     config->mqtt_port = json["mqtt_port"];
-    config->sleep_time = minutes_to_microseconds(json["sleep_time"]);
+    config->sleep_time = minutes_to_milliseconds(json["sleep_time"]);
     config->connection_attempts = json["connection_attempts"];
 }
 
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ bool load_config_file(const char *file_path, Config *config) {
     return true;
 }
 
-long minutes_to_microseconds(int minutes) { return (minutes * 6e7); }
+long minutes_to_milliseconds(int minutes) { return (minutes * 6e4); }