diff --git a/src/main/java/cloudgene/mapred/core/JWTUtil.java b/src/main/java/cloudgene/mapred/core/JWTUtil.java
index 790d3c63..071678bf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/cloudgene/mapred/core/JWTUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/cloudgene/mapred/core/JWTUtil.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public static ApiToken createApiToken(User user, String secretKey, int lifetime)
 		playload.put("mail", user.getMail());
 		playload.put(ATTRIBUTE_API_HASH, hash);
 		playload.put("api", true);
-		String token = JWT.generate(playload, secretKey, lifetime);
+		String token = JWT.generate(playload, secretKey, lifetime * 1000L);
 
 		Date expiresOn = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis() + (lifetime * 1000L));