2 files changed, 18 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/src/collectors/profile.plugin/README.md b/src/collectors/profile.plugin/README.md
index 7e3681208..992e6de99 100644
--- a/src/collectors/profile.plugin/README.md
+++ b/src/collectors/profile.plugin/README.md
@@ -4,25 +4,25 @@ This plugin allows someone to backfill an agent with random data.
 
 A user can specify:
 
- - The number charts they want,
- - the number of dimensions per chart,
- - the desire update every collection frequency,
- - the number of seconds to backfill.
- - the number of collection threads.
+- The number charts they want,
+- the number of dimensions per chart,
+- the desire update every collection frequency,
+- the number of seconds to backfill.
+- the number of collection threads.
 
 ## Configuration
 
-Edit the `netdata.conf` configuration file using [`edit-config`](/docs/netdata-agent/configuration/README.md#edit-netdataconf) from the [Netdata config directory](/docs/netdata-agent/configuration/README.md#the-netdata-config-directory), which is typically at `/etc/netdata`.
+Edit the `netdata.conf` configuration file using [`edit-config`](/docs/netdata-agent/configuration/README.md#edit-a-configuration-file-using-edit-config) from the [Netdata config directory](/docs/netdata-agent/configuration/README.md#the-netdata-config-directory), which is typically at `/etc/netdata`.
 
 Scroll down to the `[plugin:profile]` section to find the available options:
 
-```
+```text
 [plugin:profile]
-  update every = 5
-  number of charts = 200
-  number of dimensions per chart = 5
-  seconds to backfill = 86400
-  number of threads = 16
+    update every = 5
+    number of charts = 200
+    number of dimensions per chart = 5
+    seconds to backfill = 86400
+    number of threads = 16
 ```
 
 The `number of threads` option will create the specified number of collection
diff --git a/src/collectors/profile.plugin/plugin_profile.cc b/src/collectors/profile.plugin/plugin_profile.cc
index 390bca29e..14de55db1 100644
--- a/src/collectors/profile.plugin/plugin_profile.cc
+++ b/src/collectors/profile.plugin/plugin_profile.cc
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public:
         worker_register_job_custom_metric(WORKER_JOB_METRIC_POINTS_BACKFILLED, "points backfilled", "points", WORKER_METRIC_ABSOLUTE);
 
         heartbeat_t HB;
-        heartbeat_init(&HB);
+        heartbeat_init(&HB, UpdateEvery * USEC_PER_SEC);
 
         worker_is_busy(WORKER_JOB_CREATE_CHARTS);
         create();
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ public:
 
             if (CollectionTV.tv_sec >= NowTV.tv_sec) {
                 worker_is_idle();
-                heartbeat_next(&HB, UpdateEvery * USEC_PER_SEC);
+                heartbeat_next(&HB);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -194,9 +194,11 @@ static void profile_main_cleanup(void *pptr) {
 extern "C" void *profile_main(void *ptr) {
     CLEANUP_FUNCTION_REGISTER(profile_main_cleanup) cleanup_ptr = ptr;
 
-    int UpdateEvery = (int) config_get_number(CONFIG_SECTION_PROFILE, "update every", 1);
-    if (UpdateEvery < localhost->rrd_update_every)
+    int UpdateEvery = (int) config_get_duration_seconds(CONFIG_SECTION_PROFILE, "update every", 1);
+    if (UpdateEvery < localhost->rrd_update_every) {
         UpdateEvery = localhost->rrd_update_every;
+        config_set_duration_seconds(CONFIG_SECTION_PROFILE, "update every", UpdateEvery);
+    }
 
     // pick low-default values, in case this plugin is ever enabled accidentaly.
     size_t NumThreads = config_get_number(CONFIG_SECTION_PROFILE, "number of threads", 2);