diff --git a/utils/reflect.go b/utils/reflect.go
index f18a4e539..bd03ef5d9 100644
--- a/utils/reflect.go
+++ b/utils/reflect.go
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ func IfaceAsDuration(itm interface{}) (d time.Duration, err error) {
 	switch itm.(type) {
 	case time.Duration:
 		return itm.(time.Duration), nil
-	case float64:
-		return time.Duration(int64(itm.(float64) * float64(time.Second))), nil
+	case float64: // automatically hitting here also ints
+		return time.Duration(int64(itm.(float64))), nil
 	case int64:
 		return time.Duration(itm.(int64)), nil
 	case string:
diff --git a/utils/reflect_test.go b/utils/reflect_test.go
index 40ee23498..5d1d49eb8 100644
--- a/utils/reflect_test.go
+++ b/utils/reflect_test.go
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ func TestIfaceAsDuration(t *testing.T) {
 	} else if eItm != itmConvert {
 		t.Errorf("received: %+v", itmConvert)
 	}
-	if itmConvert, err := IfaceAsDuration(interface{}(float64(1.0))); err != nil {
+	if itmConvert, err := IfaceAsDuration(interface{}(float64(1000000000.0))); err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
 	} else if eItm != itmConvert {
 		t.Errorf("received: %+v", itmConvert)