diff --git a/apier/v1/auth.go b/apier/v1/auth.go
index 07df9c89b..1c8d5e5ef 100644
--- a/apier/v1/auth.go
+++ b/apier/v1/auth.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Returns MaxUsage (for calls in seconds), -1 for no limit
-func (self *ApierV1) GetMaxUsage(usageRecord engine.UsageRecord, maxUsage *float64) error {
+func (self *ApierV1) GetMaxUsage(usageRecord engine.UsageRecord, maxUsage *int64) error {
 	err := engine.LoadUserProfile(&usageRecord, "ExtraFields")
 	if err != nil {
 		return utils.NewErrServerError(err)
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ func (self *ApierV1) GetMaxUsage(usageRecord engine.UsageRecord, maxUsage *float
 		return err
 	}
 	if maxDur == time.Duration(-1) {
-		*maxUsage = -1.0
+		*maxUsage = -1
 		return nil
 	}
-	*maxUsage = maxDur.Seconds()
+	*maxUsage = maxDur.Nanoseconds()
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/apier/v1/smgenericv1_it_test.go b/apier/v1/smgenericv1_it_test.go
index 43634cf90..79f5964e8 100644
--- a/apier/v1/smgenericv1_it_test.go
+++ b/apier/v1/smgenericv1_it_test.go
@@ -127,11 +127,11 @@ func TestSMGV1AccountsBefore(t *testing.T) {
 func TestSMGV1GetMaxUsage(t *testing.T) {
 	setupReq := map[string]interface{}{utils.RequestType: utils.META_PREPAID, utils.Tenant: "cgrates.org",
 		utils.Account: "1003", utils.Destination: "1002", utils.SetupTime: "2015-11-10T15:20:00Z"}
-	var maxTime float64
+	var maxTime int64
 	if err := smgV1Rpc.Call("SMGenericV1.GetMaxUsage", setupReq, &maxTime); err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
 	} else if maxTime != 2700 {
-		t.Errorf("Calling ApierV1.GetMaxUsage got maxTime: %f", maxTime)
+		t.Errorf("Calling ApierV1.GetMaxUsage got maxTime: %v", maxTime)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/console/maxusage.go b/console/maxusage.go
index f8a747c47..e1bca37d5 100644
--- a/console/maxusage.go
+++ b/console/maxusage.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func (self *CmdGetMaxUsage) PostprocessRpcParams() error {
 }
 
 func (self *CmdGetMaxUsage) RpcResult() interface{} {
-	var f float64
+	var f int64
 	return &f
 }