diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/ExecutionStateHandler.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/ExecutionStateHandler.kt
index 6264b574d2be297865fab3b2a4d020bc57c56678..cb3dca8a6389e0db4c064e0d65929daab5cebc90 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/ExecutionStateHandler.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/ExecutionStateHandler.kt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.MicroTime
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.NamespacedKubernetesClient
 import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.ExecutionCRD
 import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.ExecutionState
-import java.lang.Thread.sleep
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.SECONDS
 import java.time.Instant
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class ExecutionStateHandler(val client: NamespacedKubernetesClient) :
         Thread {
             while (this.runExecutionDurationTimer.get()) {
                 updateDurationState(resourceName)
-                sleep(100 * 1)
+                SECONDS.sleep(1)
             }
         }.start()
     }
@@ -50,6 +50,6 @@ class ExecutionStateHandler(val client: NamespacedKubernetesClient) :
     fun stopDurationStateTimer(resourceName: String) {
         super.setState(resourceName) { cr -> cr.status.completionTime = MicroTime(Instant.now().toString()); cr }
         this.runExecutionDurationTimer.set(false)
-        sleep(100 * 2)
+        SECONDS.sleep(2)
     }
 }
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