diff --git a/aws/aws.html b/aws/aws.html
index 28e50778..1b65a3cf 100644
--- a/aws/aws.html
+++ b/aws/aws.html
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
          <label for="node-input-filepattern"><i class="fa fa-file"></i> Filename Pattern</label>
          <input type="text" id="node-input-filepattern" placeholder="Filepattern">
     </div>
+    <div class="form-row node-input-interval">
+         <label for="node-input-interval"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> Interval between checks</label>
+         <input type="text" id="node-input-interval" placeholder="Interval">
+    </div>
     <div class="form-row">
         <label for="node-input-name"><i class="fa fa-tag"></i> Name</label>
         <input type="text" id="node-input-name" placeholder="Name">
@@ -51,6 +55,7 @@
             bucket: {required:true},
             filepattern: {value:""},
             name: {value:""},
+            interval: {value: 900000}
         },
         inputs:0,
         outputs:1,
diff --git a/aws/aws.js b/aws/aws.js
index 2b09018e..173b973b 100644
--- a/aws/aws.js
+++ b/aws/aws.js
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
         this.awsConfig = RED.nodes.getNode(n.aws);
         this.region = n.region;
         this.bucket = n.bucket;
+        this.interval = n.interval || 900000;
         this.filepattern = n.filepattern || "";
         var node = this;
         var AWS = this.awsConfig ? this.awsConfig.AWS : null;
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
             });
             var interval = setInterval(function() {
                 node.emit("input", {});
-            }, 900000); // 15 minutes
+            }, node.interval); // 15 minutes
             node.on("close", function() {
                 if (interval !== null) {
                     clearInterval(interval);