diff --git a/main/ZmqttDiscovery.ino b/main/ZmqttDiscovery.ino
index 80478be..2ae11d7 100644
--- a/main/ZmqttDiscovery.ino
+++ b/main/ZmqttDiscovery.ino
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ void pubMqttDiscovery() {
   createDiscovery("sensor", //set Type
                   subjectSYStoMQTT, "SYS: Uptime", (char*)getUniqueId("uptime", "").c_str(), //set state_topic,name,uniqueId
                   "", "", "{{ value_json.uptime }}", //set availability_topic,device_class,value_template,
-                  "", "", "s", //set,payload_on,payload_off,unit_of_meas,
+                  "", "", "min", //set,payload_on,payload_off,unit_of_meas,
                   0, //set  off_delay
                   "", "", true, "", //set,payload_avalaible,payload_not avalaible   ,is a gateway entity, command topic
                   "", "", "", "", false // device name, device manufacturer, device model, device mac, retain
diff --git a/main/main.ino b/main/main.ino
index 9fcfd0f..dcb9b82 100644
--- a/main/main.ino
+++ b/main/main.ino
@@ -1322,10 +1322,10 @@ void loop() {
 void stateMeasures() {
   StaticJsonBuffer<JSON_MSG_BUFFER> jsonBuffer;
   JsonObject& SYSdata = jsonBuffer.createObject();
-  unsigned long uptime = millis() / 1000;
+  unsigned long uptime = millis() / 60000; //minutes uptime
   SYSdata["uptime"] = uptime;
   SYSdata["version"] = OMG_VERSION;
-  Log.trace(F("retrieving value of system characteristics Uptime (s):%u" CR), uptime);
+  Log.trace(F("retrieving value of system characteristics Uptime (min):%u" CR), uptime);
 #  if defined(ESP8266) || defined(ESP32)
   uint32_t freeMem;
   freeMem = ESP.getFreeHeap();