diff --git a/LibreNMS/service.py b/LibreNMS/service.py
index 97aff55f3e..e7e8b5da7f 100644
--- a/LibreNMS/service.py
+++ b/LibreNMS/service.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class ServiceConfig(DBConfig):
         )
 
         # backward compatible options
-        self.update_frequency = config.get(
+        self.master_timeout = config.get(
             "service_master_timeout", ServiceConfig.master_timeout
         )
         self.poller.workers = config.get(