diff --git a/resources/language/resource.language.de_de/strings.po b/resources/language/resource.language.de_de/strings.po
index cff26f9..f7efb55 100644
--- a/resources/language/resource.language.de_de/strings.po
+++ b/resources/language/resource.language.de_de/strings.po
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ msgctxt "#30117"
 msgid "Recent calculated by"
 msgstr "Neuigkeit berechnet ab"
 
+msgctxt "#30118"
+msgid "Up-to-Date check interval [sec]"
+msgstr "Nach Updates suchen alle [sec]"
+
 msgctxt "#30171"
 msgid "Aired Date"
 msgstr "Sendedatum"
diff --git a/resources/language/resource.language.en_gb/strings.po b/resources/language/resource.language.en_gb/strings.po
index ac51340..cdf990e 100644
--- a/resources/language/resource.language.en_gb/strings.po
+++ b/resources/language/resource.language.en_gb/strings.po
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ msgctxt "#30117"
 msgid "Recent calculated by"
 msgstr "Recent calculated by"
 
+msgctxt "#30118"
+msgid "Up-to-Date check interval [sec]"
+msgstr "Up-to-Date check interval [sec]"
+
 msgctxt "#30171"
 msgid "Aired Date"
 msgstr "Aired Date"
diff --git a/resources/language/resource.language.it_it/strings.po b/resources/language/resource.language.it_it/strings.po
index 58553d8..b992c56 100644
--- a/resources/language/resource.language.it_it/strings.po
+++ b/resources/language/resource.language.it_it/strings.po
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ msgctxt "#30117"
 msgid "Recent calculated by"
 msgstr "Novità calcolate con"
 
+msgctxt "#30118"
+msgid "Up-to-Date check interval [sec]"
+msgstr "intervallo di controllo [sec]"
+
 msgctxt "#30171"
 msgid "Aired Date"
 msgstr "Data di Trasmissione"
diff --git a/resources/lib/service.py b/resources/lib/service.py
index 7e649f1..3992af9 100644
--- a/resources/lib/service.py
+++ b/resources/lib/service.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def run(self):
                 self.settings.save_update_instance(self.monitor.instance_id)
                 self.updater.update(False)
             # Sleep/wait for abort for 60 seconds
-            if self.monitor.wait_for_abort(15):
+            if self.monitor.wait_for_abort(self.settings.updateCheckInterval):
                 # Abort was requested while waiting. We should exit
                 break
         self.info('Shutting down... (instance id: {})',
diff --git a/resources/lib/settings.py b/resources/lib/settings.py
index 8234338..082a160 100644
--- a/resources/lib/settings.py
+++ b/resources/lib/settings.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ def load(self):
         self.maxresults = int(addon.getSetting('maxresults'))
         self.maxage = int(addon.getSetting('maxage')) * 86400
         self.recentmode = int(addon.getSetting('recentmode'))
+        self.updateCheckInterval = int(addon.getSetting('updateCheckInterval'))
         # database
         self.type = int(addon.getSetting('dbtype'))
         self.host = addon.getSetting('dbhost')
diff --git a/resources/settings.xml b/resources/settings.xml
index 1df4ab1..d127cfa 100644
--- a/resources/settings.xml
+++ b/resources/settings.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 		<setting id="maxresults"		type="slider"	label="30115"	default="1000"	range="100,100,3000" option="int"	/>
 		<setting id="maxage"			type="slider"	label="30116"	default="2"		range="1,30" option="int"			/>
 		<setting id="recentmode"		type="enum"		label="30117"	default="0"		lvalues="30171|30172"				/>
+		<setting id="updateCheckInterval" type="slider"	label="30118"	default="15"	range="15,600" option="int"			/>
 	</category>
 	<category label="30002">
 		<setting id="dbtype"			type="enum"		label="30210"	default="0"	lvalues="30221|30222"					/>