diff --git a/states/salt_minion/config.sls b/states/salt_minion/config.sls
index 4cb79bb..a921ed3 100644
--- a/states/salt_minion/config.sls
+++ b/states/salt_minion/config.sls
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ salt-minion-config:
 
 salt-minion-reload:
   cron.present:
-    - name: "for i in $(pgrep salt-minion); do kill -HUP $i; break; done"
+    - name: "{{ salt_minion.reload_cmd }}"
+    - identifier: salt-minion-reload
     - user: root
-    - minute: 5
+    - minute: '*/30'
diff --git a/states/salt_minion/defaults.yaml b/states/salt_minion/defaults.yaml
index db89630..33b33ae 100644
--- a/states/salt_minion/defaults.yaml
+++ b/states/salt_minion/defaults.yaml
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ salt_minion:
     - redis==4.3.5
     - pycparser==2.21
   config: {}
+  reload_cmd: "for i in $(pgrep salt-minion); do kill -HUP $i; break; done"