diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d8fa3de63..143bb654b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ default_cache: # Required
   port: # Ports on which Souin will be exposed
     web: 80
     tls: 443
-  ttl: 10 # Default TTL
+  ttl: 10s # Default TTL
 reverse_proxy_url: 'http://traefik' # If it's in the same network you can use http://your-service, otherwise just use https://yourdomain.com
 ```
 This is a fully working minimal configuration for a Souin instance
@@ -78,18 +78,19 @@ default_cache:
     url: 'olric:3320' # Olric server
   regex:
     exclude: 'ARegexHere' # Regex to exclude from cache
+  ttl: 1000s # Default TTL
 log_level: INFO # Logs verbosity [ DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, DPANIC, PANIC, FATAL ], case do not matter
 ssl_providers: # The {providers}.json to use
   - traefik
 urls:
   'https:\/\/domain.com\/first-.+': # First regex route configuration
-    ttl: 1000 # Override default TTL
+    ttl: 1000s # Override default TTL
   'https:\/\/domain.com\/second-route': # Second regex route configuration
-    ttl: 10 # Override default TTL
+    ttl: 10s # Override default TTL
     headers: # Override default headers
     - Authorization
   'https?:\/\/mysubdomain\.domain\.com': # Third regex route configuration
-    ttl: 50 # Override default TTL
+    ttl: 50s # Override default TTL
     headers: # Override default headers
     - Authorization
     - 'Content-Type'
diff --git a/cache/providers/olricProvider.go b/cache/providers/olricProvider.go
index cbd317858..bb1a6591f 100644
--- a/cache/providers/olricProvider.go
+++ b/cache/providers/olricProvider.go
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 package providers
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"github.com/buraksezer/olric/client"
 	"github.com/buraksezer/olric/config"
 	"github.com/darkweak/souin/cache/keysaver"
 	t "github.com/darkweak/souin/configurationtypes"
-	"strconv"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -64,8 +64,12 @@ func (provider *Olric) Get(key string) []byte {
 // Set method will store the response in Redis provider
 func (provider *Olric) Set(key string, value []byte, url t.URL, duration time.Duration) {
 	if duration == 0 {
-		ttl, _ := strconv.Atoi(url.TTL)
-		duration = time.Duration(ttl) * time.Second
+		ttl, err := time.ParseDuration(url.TTL)
+		if err != nil {
+			ttl = 0
+			fmt.Println(err)
+		}
+		duration = ttl
 	}
 
 	err := provider.dm.PutEx(key, value, duration)
diff --git a/cache/providers/ristrettoProvider.go b/cache/providers/ristrettoProvider.go
index cf495fbfe..69379dc03 100644
--- a/cache/providers/ristrettoProvider.go
+++ b/cache/providers/ristrettoProvider.go
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 package providers
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"github.com/darkweak/souin/cache/keysaver"
 	t "github.com/darkweak/souin/configurationtypes"
 	"github.com/dgraph-io/ristretto"
-	"strconv"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -55,8 +55,12 @@ func (provider *Ristretto) Get(key string) []byte {
 // Set method will store the response in Ristretto provider
 func (provider *Ristretto) Set(key string, value []byte, url t.URL, duration time.Duration) {
 	if duration == 0 {
-		ttl, _ := strconv.Atoi(url.TTL)
-		duration = time.Duration(ttl) * time.Second
+		ttl, err := time.ParseDuration(url.TTL)
+		if err != nil {
+			ttl = 0
+			fmt.Println(err)
+		}
+		duration = ttl
 	}
 	isSet := provider.SetWithTTL(key, value, 1, duration)
 	if !isSet {
diff --git a/configuration/configuration.sample.yml b/configuration/configuration.sample.yml
index 9aaad970e..acc1e5481 100644
--- a/configuration/configuration.sample.yml
+++ b/configuration/configuration.sample.yml
@@ -20,20 +20,20 @@ default_cache: # Required part
     tls: 443
   regex: # Regex configuration
     exclude: 'ARegexHere' # Regex to exclude from cache
-  ttl: 10 # Default TTL
+  ttl: 10s # Default TTL
 log_level: INFO # Logs verbosity [ DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, DPANIC, PANIC, FATAL, debug, info, warn, error, dpanic, panic, fatal ]
 reverse_proxy_url: 'http://traefik' # If it's in the same network you can use http://your-service. Then just use https://yourdomain.com
 ssl_providers: # The {providers}.json to usee
   - traefik
 urls:
   'https:\/\/domain.com\/first-.+': # First regex route configuration
-    ttl: 1000 # Override default TTL
+    ttl: 1000s # Override default TTL
   'https:\/\/domain.com\/second-route': # Second regex route configuration
-    ttl: 10 # Override default TTL
+    ttl: 10s # Override default TTL
     headers: # Override default headers
     - Authorization
   'https?:\/\/mysubdomain\.domain\.com': # Third regex route configuration
-    ttl: 50
+    ttl: 50s
     headers: # Override default headers
     - Authorization
     - 'Content-Type'
diff --git a/configuration/configuration.yml b/configuration/configuration.yml
index 7f55d1981..521fd1f0f 100644
--- a/configuration/configuration.yml
+++ b/configuration/configuration.yml
@@ -17,18 +17,18 @@ default_cache:
     tls: 443
   regex:
     exclude: 'ARegexHere'
-  ttl: 10
+  ttl: 10s
 log_level: debug
 reverse_proxy_url: 'http://traefik'
 ssl_providers:
   - traefik
 urls:
   'domain.com/testing':
-    ttl: 100
+    ttl: 100s
     headers:
       - Authorization
   'mysubdomain.domain.com':
-    ttl: 50
+    ttl: 50s
     headers:
       - Authorization
       - 'Content-Type'