diff --git a/src/smartools.h b/src/smartools.h
index 2d3b6bf8c832519bb1b930f7b7954cb193efd663..141d6e891108fc495f0eff491d04f00c99099a90 100644
--- a/src/smartools.h
+++ b/src/smartools.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class Smartools
         void process();
         std::map<std::string, std::string> information_;
         std::mutex mutexInfo_; // Protect information_ from multithreading
-        std::chrono::milliseconds refreshTimeMs_;
+        std::chrono::milliseconds refreshTimeMs_ {500};
         ThreadLoop loop_; // Has to be last member
 };
 } //ring namespace