diff --git a/src/im_mad/remotes/lib/probe_db.rb b/src/im_mad/remotes/lib/probe_db.rb
index 2a6ffd2ce9..b40e488795 100644
--- a/src/im_mad/remotes/lib/probe_db.rb
+++ b/src/im_mad/remotes/lib/probe_db.rb
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class VirtualMachineDB
         last = @db.execute("SELECT MAX(timestamp) from #{@dataset}").flatten![0]
         last ||= @mtime.to_i
 
-        return sync_status(@host, @host_id) if last == 0 || time > (last + @conf[:sync])
+        return sync_status(@host, @host_id) if last == 0 || time > (last + @conf[:sync].to_i)
 
         status_str  = ''
         monitor_ids = []
diff --git a/src/im_mad/remotes/lxd-probes.d/vm/status/state.rb b/src/im_mad/remotes/lxd-probes.d/vm/status/state.rb
index fb2b9902e7..1e95b3cc74 100755
--- a/src/im_mad/remotes/lxd-probes.d/vm/status/state.rb
+++ b/src/im_mad/remotes/lxd-probes.d/vm/status/state.rb
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ host_id = ARGV[-2]
 
 begin
     config = REXML::Document.new(xml_txt).root
-    sync   = config.elements['PROBES_PERIOD/SYNC_STATE_VM'].text.to_s
+    sync   = config.elements['PROBES_PERIOD/SYNC_STATE_VM'].text.to_i
 rescue StandardError
     sync   = 180
 end