diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/globus/TaskMonitoringServiceBean.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/globus/TaskMonitoringServiceBean.java
index 27bcbaf92a0..6b6ef0f74e9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/globus/TaskMonitoringServiceBean.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/globus/TaskMonitoringServiceBean.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public void init() {
             
             // A separate monitoring service for ongoing download tasks: 
             this.scheduler.scheduleWithFixedDelay(this::checkOngoingDownloadTasks,
-                    0, 13 /*pollingInterval*/,
+                    0, pollingInterval,
                     TimeUnit.SECONDS);
 
         } else {