diff --git a/daemon/cli.c b/daemon/cli.c
index f8b371373..057550578 100644
--- a/daemon/cli.c
+++ b/daemon/cli.c
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ RTPE_CONFIG_ENDPOINT_QUEUE_PARAMS
 	X(final_timeout_us, "final-timeout") \
 	X(control_tos, "control-tos") \
 	X(redis_allowed_errors, "redis_allowed_errors") \
-	X(redis_disable_time, "redis_disable_time") \
+	X(redis_disable_time_us, "redis_disable_time") \
 	X(redis_cmd_timeout, "redis_cmd_timeout") \
 	X(redis_connect_timeout, "redis_connect_timeout-db") \
 
@@ -1450,7 +1450,7 @@ static void cli_incoming_set_redisallowederrors(str *instr, struct cli_writer *c
 }
 
 static void cli_incoming_list_redisdisabletime(str *instr, struct cli_writer *cw, const cli_handler_t *handler) {
-	cw->cw_printf(cw, "%d\n", atomic_get_na(&rtpe_config.redis_disable_time));
+	cw->cw_printf(cw, "%" PRId64 "\n", atomic_get_na(&rtpe_config.redis_disable_time_us) / 1000000L);
 }
 
 static void cli_incoming_set_redisdisable(str *instr, struct cli_writer *cw, const cli_handler_t *handler) {
@@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ static void cli_incoming_set_redisdisabletime(str *instr, struct cli_writer *cw,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	atomic_set_na(&rtpe_config.redis_disable_time, seconds);
+	atomic_set_na(&rtpe_config.redis_disable_time_us, seconds * 1000000LL);
 
 	cw->cw_printf(cw,  "Success setting redis-disable-time to %ld\n", seconds);
 }
diff --git a/daemon/main.c b/daemon/main.c
index 7b448af09..3b08637a4 100644
--- a/daemon/main.c
+++ b/daemon/main.c
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ struct rtpengine_config rtpe_config = {
 	.redis_db = -1,
 	.redis_write_db = -1,
 	.redis_allowed_errors = -1,
-	.redis_disable_time = 10,
 	.redis_connect_timeout = 1000,
 	.media_num_threads = -1,
 	.dtls_rsa_key_size = 2048,
@@ -678,6 +677,7 @@ static void options(int *argc, char ***argv, charp_ht templates) {
 	int media_expire = 0;
 	int db_expire = 0;
 	int rtcp_interval = 0;
+	int redis_disable_time = 10;
 
 	GOptionEntry e[] = {
 		{ "table",	't', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT,	&rtpe_config.kernel_table,		"Kernel table to use",		"INT"		},
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ static void options(int *argc, char ***argv, charp_ht templates) {
 		{ "redis-expires", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT, &rtpe_config.redis_expires_secs, "Expire time in seconds for redis keys",      "INT"       },
 		{ "no-redis-required", 'q', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &rtpe_config.no_redis_required, "Start no matter of redis connection state", NULL },
 		{ "redis-allowed-errors", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT, &rtpe_config.redis_allowed_errors, "Number of allowed errors before redis is temporarily disabled", "INT" },
-		{ "redis-disable-time", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT, &rtpe_config.redis_disable_time, "Number of seconds redis communication is disabled because of errors", "INT" },
+		{ "redis-disable-time", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT, &redis_disable_time,	"Number of seconds redis communication is disabled because of errors", "INT" },
 		{ "redis-cmd-timeout", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT, &rtpe_config.redis_cmd_timeout, "Sets a timeout in milliseconds for redis commands", "INT" },
 		{ "redis-connect-timeout", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT, &rtpe_config.redis_connect_timeout, "Sets a timeout in milliseconds for redis connections", "INT" },
 		{ "redis-format", 0, 0,	G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &redis_format,		"Format for persistent storage in Redis/KeyDB", "native|bencode|JSON" },
@@ -1109,6 +1109,8 @@ static void options(int *argc, char ***argv, charp_ht templates) {
 	if (rtpe_config.rtcp_interval_us <= 0)
 		rtpe_config.rtcp_interval_us = 5000 * 1000LL;
 
+	rtpe_config.redis_disable_time_us = redis_disable_time * 1000000LL;
+
 	if (redisps) {
 		if (redis_ep_parse(&rtpe_config.redis_ep, &rtpe_config.redis_db, &rtpe_config.redis_hostname,
 				&rtpe_config.redis_auth, "RTPENGINE_REDIS_AUTH_PW", redisps))
diff --git a/daemon/redis.c b/daemon/redis.c
index 52d1232e7..57121c0e3 100644
--- a/daemon/redis.c
+++ b/daemon/redis.c
@@ -823,7 +823,8 @@ void redis_delete_async_loop(void *d) {
 }
 
 void redis_notify_loop(void *d) {
-	int seconds = 1, redis_notify_return = 0;
+	int redis_notify_return = 0;
+	const int64_t microseconds = 1000000L;
 	int64_t next_run = rtpe_now;
 	struct redis *r;
 
@@ -862,7 +863,7 @@ void redis_notify_loop(void *d) {
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		next_run = rtpe_now + seconds * 1000000L; // XXX scale to micro
+		next_run = rtpe_now + microseconds;
 
 		if (redis_check_conn(r) == REDIS_STATE_CONNECTED || redis_notify_return < 0) {
 			r->async_ctx = NULL;
@@ -946,10 +947,10 @@ void redis_close(struct redis *r) {
 static void redis_count_err_and_disable(struct redis *r)
 {
 	int allowed_errors;
-	int disable_time;
+	int64_t disable_time_us;
 
 	allowed_errors = atomic_get_na(&rtpe_config.redis_allowed_errors);
-	disable_time = atomic_get_na(&rtpe_config.redis_disable_time);
+	disable_time_us = atomic_get_na(&rtpe_config.redis_disable_time_us);
 
 	if (allowed_errors < 0) {
 		return;
@@ -957,10 +958,10 @@ static void redis_count_err_and_disable(struct redis *r)
 
 	r->consecutive_errors++;
 	if (r->consecutive_errors > allowed_errors) {
-		r->restore_tick_us = rtpe_now + disable_time * 1000000LL; // XXX scale to micro
-		ilog(LOG_WARNING, "Redis server %s disabled for %d seconds",
+		r->restore_tick_us = rtpe_now + disable_time_us;
+		ilog(LOG_WARNING, "Redis server %s disabled for %" PRId64 " seconds",
 				endpoint_print_buf(&r->endpoint),
-				disable_time);
+				disable_time_us / 1000000L);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/include/main.h b/include/main.h
index b1f2adb6c..1b228a277 100644
--- a/include/main.h
+++ b/include/main.h
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ enum endpoint_learning {
 	X(redis_write_db) \
 	X(redis_subscribe_db) \
 	X(redis_allowed_errors) \
-	X(redis_disable_time) \
 	X(redis_cmd_timeout) \
 	X(redis_connect_timeout) \
 	X(redis_delete_async) \
@@ -106,6 +105,7 @@ enum endpoint_learning {
 	X(media_expire_us) \
 	X(db_expire_us) \
 	X(rtcp_interval_us) \
+	X(redis_disable_time_us) \
 
 #define RTPE_CONFIG_BOOL_PARAMS \
 	X(homer_rtcp_off) \