diff --git a/config_test.go b/config_test.go
index 808a194..8c5fab9 100644
--- a/config_test.go
+++ b/config_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"log"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 )
 
 func TestLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
@@ -35,11 +36,37 @@ func TestLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
 
 		// Set PyCompat to default value
 		PyCompat = false
-
-		log.Println("-----")
 	}
 }
 
+func TestIntervalParsing(t *testing.T) {
+	log.Printf("Testing case TestIntervalParsing")
+
+	config, err := LoadConfig("./test/valid-config.yml")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Failed loading config: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	oneSecond := time.Second
+	tenSeconds := 10 * time.Second
+	oneMinute := time.Minute
+
+	// validate top level interval seconds represented as an int
+	if config.CheckInterval != oneSecond {
+		t.Errorf("Incorrectly parsed int seconds. expected=%v actual=%v", oneSecond, config.CheckInterval)
+	}
+
+	if config.Monitors[0].CheckInterval != tenSeconds {
+		t.Errorf("Incorrectly parsed seconds duration. expected=%v actual=%v", oneSecond, config.CheckInterval)
+	}
+
+	if config.Monitors[1].CheckInterval != oneMinute {
+		t.Errorf("Incorrectly parsed seconds duration. expected=%v actual=%v", oneSecond, config.CheckInterval)
+	}
+
+	log.Println("-----")
+}
+
 // TestMultiLineConfig is a more complicated test stepping through the parsing
 // and execution of mutli-line strings presented in YAML
 func TestMultiLineConfig(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/monitor_test.go b/monitor_test.go
index cde021f..5988b91 100644
--- a/monitor_test.go
+++ b/monitor_test.go
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ func TestMonitorShouldCheck(t *testing.T) {
 		name     string
 	}{
 		{Monitor{}, true, "Empty"},
-		{Monitor{lastCheck: timeNow, CheckInterval: 15}, false, "Just checked"},
-		{Monitor{lastCheck: timeTenSecAgo, CheckInterval: 15}, false, "-10s"},
-		{Monitor{lastCheck: timeTwentySecAgo, CheckInterval: 15}, true, "-20s"},
+		{Monitor{lastCheck: timeNow, CheckInterval: time.Second * 15}, false, "Just checked"},
+		{Monitor{lastCheck: timeTenSecAgo, CheckInterval: time.Second * 15}, false, "-10s"},
+		{Monitor{lastCheck: timeTwentySecAgo, CheckInterval: time.Second * 15}, true, "-20s"},
 	}
 
 	for _, c := range cases {
diff --git a/test/valid-config.yml b/test/valid-config.yml
index e192977..3860e95 100644
--- a/test/valid-config.yml
+++ b/test/valid-config.yml
@@ -3,21 +3,23 @@ check_interval: 1
 
 monitors:
   - name: Command
-    command: ['echo', '$PATH']
-    alert_down: ['log_command', 'log_shell']
+    command: ["echo", "$PATH"]
+    alert_down: ["log_command", "log_shell"]
     alert_every: 0
+    check_interval: 10s
   - name: Shell
     command: >
       echo 'Some string with stuff';
       echo 'another line';
       echo $PATH;
       exit 1
-    alert_down: ['log_command', 'log_shell']
+    alert_down: ["log_command", "log_shell"]
     alert_after: 5
     alert_every: 0
+    check_interval: 1m
 
 alerts:
   log_command:
-    command: ['echo', 'regular', '"command!!!"', "{{.MonitorName}}"]
+    command: ["echo", "regular", '"command!!!"', "{{.MonitorName}}"]
   log_shell:
     command: echo "Failure on {{.MonitorName}} User is $USER"