diff --git a/MMM-HomeAssistantDisplay.js b/MMM-HomeAssistantDisplay.js
index c34bce6..ba53090 100755
--- a/MMM-HomeAssistantDisplay.js
+++ b/MMM-HomeAssistantDisplay.js
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Module.register("MMM-HomeAssistantDisplay", {
 					setInterval(()=> {
 						this.renderTemplates("timeout");
 						this.updateDom();
-					}, section.refreshTimer);
+					}, section.refreshTimer * 1000);
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a855c6b..0c208c1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Templates allow you to output virtually any HTML you want to in the contents of
 | triggerEntities | The array of entities to watch for state changes to determine if this sections displayTemplate should be re-rendered. |
 | displayTemplate | The template to send to Home Assistant to render.  The results of the render will be displayed as the contents of this section in the module. |
 | class | The CSS class name to add to the `<div>` surrounding this section of the module. This is a name you choose yourself, for example "HAValues". You can then style this section by adding a .HAvalues-section in custom.css. |
-| refreshTimer | Set a refresh timeout in milliseconds to re-render this section's displayTemplate, regardless of whether or not an entity has changed states. |
+| refreshTimer | Set a refresh timeout in seconds to re-render this section's displayTemplate, regardless of whether or not an entity has changed states. |
 
 #### Note