diff --git a/weed/plugin/worker/admin_script_handler.go b/weed/plugin/worker/admin_script_handler.go
index 8aee33a3c..9c2e4c310 100644
--- a/weed/plugin/worker/admin_script_handler.go
+++ b/weed/plugin/worker/admin_script_handler.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const (
 	adminScriptJobType        = "admin_script"
 	maxAdminScriptOutputBytes = 16 * 1024
 	defaultAdminScriptRunMins = 17
-	adminScriptDetectTickSecs = 60
+	adminScriptDetectTickSecs = 17 * 60
 )
 
 const defaultAdminScript = `ec.balance -apply
diff --git a/weed/plugin/worker/erasure_coding_handler.go b/weed/plugin/worker/erasure_coding_handler.go
index b0566ede9..510638cc9 100644
--- a/weed/plugin/worker/erasure_coding_handler.go
+++ b/weed/plugin/worker/erasure_coding_handler.go
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func (h *ErasureCodingHandler) Descriptor() *plugin_pb.JobTypeDescriptor {
 		},
 		AdminRuntimeDefaults: &plugin_pb.AdminRuntimeDefaults{
 			Enabled:                       true,
-			DetectionIntervalSeconds:      60 * 5,
+			DetectionIntervalSeconds:      17 * 60,
 			DetectionTimeoutSeconds:       300,
 			MaxJobsPerDetection:           500,
 			GlobalExecutionConcurrency:    16,