diff --git a/src/ipblc.rs b/src/ipblc.rs
index 45deb9f..2470f7b 100644
--- a/src/ipblc.rs
+++ b/src/ipblc.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use crate::config::{Context, GIT_VERSION};
 use crate::fw::{fwblock, fwinit};
 use crate::ip::{filter, IpData, IpEvent};
 use crate::monitoring::apiserver;
-use crate::utils::{gethostname, read_lines, sleep_ms};
+use crate::utils::{gethostname, read_lines, sleep_s};
 use crate::webservice::send_to_ipbl_api;
 use crate::websocket::{send_to_ipbl_websocket, websocketpubsub, websocketreqrep};
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use tokio::sync::RwLock;
 pub const PKG_NAME: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME");
 const BL_CHAN_SIZE: usize = 32;
 const WS_CHAN_SIZE: usize = 64;
-const LOOPSLEEP: u64 = 500;
+const LOOP_MAX_WAIT: u64 = 5;
 
 pub async fn run() {
     let globalctx = Context::new().await;
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ pub async fn run() {
                     }
                 }
             }
-            _val = sleep_ms(LOOPSLEEP) => {}
+            _val = sleep_s(LOOP_MAX_WAIT) => {}
         };
 
         let ctxclone = Arc::clone(&ctxarc);
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ pub async fn run() {
 
 async fn handle_cfg_reload(ctxclone: &Arc<RwLock<Context>>, last_cfg_reload: &mut DateTime<Local>) {
     let now_cfg_reload = Local::now().trunc_subsecs(0);
-    if (now_cfg_reload - *last_cfg_reload) > Duration::seconds(5) {
+    if (now_cfg_reload - *last_cfg_reload) > Duration::seconds(LOOP_MAX_WAIT as i64) {
         let mut ctx = ctxclone.write().await;
         match ctx.load().await {
             Ok(_) => {