diff --git a/htroot/Performance_p.html b/htroot/Performance_p.html
index 5624ebc1a..ff4f43df8 100644
--- a/htroot/Performance_p.html
+++ b/htroot/Performance_p.html
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
 <td class="small" align="right">#[busycycles]#</td>
 <td class="small" align="right">#[sleeppercycle]#</td>
 <td class="small" align="right">#[execpercycle]#</td>
-<td class="small" align="right"><input name="#[threadname]#_idlesleep" type="text" size="4" maxlength="4" value="#[idlesleep]#"> sec</td>
-<td class="small" align="right"><input name="#[threadname]#_busysleep" type="text" size="4" maxlength="4" value="#[busysleep]#"> sec</td>
+<td class="small" align="right"><input name="#[threadname]#_idlesleep" type="text" align="right" size="7" maxlength="7" value="#[idlesleep]#"> milliseconds</td>
+<td class="small" align="right"><input name="#[threadname]#_busysleep" type="text" align="right" size="7" maxlength="7" value="#[busysleep]#"> milliseconds</td>
 <td class="small" align="left">#[longdescr]#</td>
 </tr>
 #{/table}#
diff --git a/htroot/Performance_p.java b/htroot/Performance_p.java
index 6b4cacf82..a5cad4b20 100644
--- a/htroot/Performance_p.java
+++ b/htroot/Performance_p.java
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ public class Performance_p {
             
             if ((post != null) && (post.containsKey("delaysubmit"))) {
                 // load with new values
-                idlesleep = Long.parseLong((String) post.get(threadName + "_idlesleep", "1")) * 1000;
-                busysleep = Long.parseLong((String) post.get(threadName + "_busysleep", "1")) * 1000;
+                idlesleep = Long.parseLong((String) post.get(threadName + "_idlesleep", "1"));
+                busysleep = Long.parseLong((String) post.get(threadName + "_busysleep", "1"));
 
 		// check values to prevent short-cut loops
 		if (idlesleep == 0) idlesleep = 1000;
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ public class Performance_p {
                 idlesleep = Long.parseLong(switchboard.getConfig(threadName + "_idlesleep" , "1000"));
                 busysleep = Long.parseLong(switchboard.getConfig(threadName + "_busysleep", "1000"));
             }
-            prop.put("table_" + c + "_idlesleep", idlesleep / 1000);
-            prop.put("table_" + c + "_busysleep", busysleep  / 1000);
+            prop.put("table_" + c + "_idlesleep", idlesleep);
+            prop.put("table_" + c + "_busysleep", busysleep);
             
             c++;
         }
diff --git a/yacy.init b/yacy.init
index 76ed172ec..eabcf1f1b 100644
--- a/yacy.init
+++ b/yacy.init
@@ -399,11 +399,11 @@ xpstopw=true
 40_peerseedcycle_idlesleep=1800000
 40_peerseedcycle_busysleep=1200000
 50_localcrawl_idlesleep=10000
-50_localcrawl_busysleep=0
+50_localcrawl_busysleep=200
 61_globalcrawltrigger_idlesleep=10000
-61_globalcrawltrigger_busysleep=0
+61_globalcrawltrigger_busysleep=200
 62_remotetriggeredcrawl_idlesleep=20000
-62_remotetriggeredcrawl_busysleep=0
+62_remotetriggeredcrawl_busysleep=200
 70_cachemanager_idlesleep=10000
 70_cachemanager_busysleep=0
 80_indexing_idlesleep=10000