diff --git a/src/modules/logger/logger.cpp b/src/modules/logger/logger.cpp
index 653b3d076e..609333011f 100644
--- a/src/modules/logger/logger.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/logger/logger.cpp
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ void Logger::run_trampoline(int argc, char *argv[])
 				unsigned long r = strtoul(myoptarg, NULL, 10);
 
 				if (r <= 0) {
-					r = 1;
+					r = 1e6;
 				}
 
 				log_interval = 1e6 / r;