diff --git a/src/bridge.c b/src/bridge.c
index dea3d8e5..a30c15a7 100644
--- a/src/bridge.c
+++ b/src/bridge.c
@@ -1005,15 +1005,15 @@ void bridge_check(void)
 			/* Want to try to restart the bridge connection */
 			if(!context->bridge->restart_t){
 				bridge__update_backoff(context->bridge);
-				context->bridge->restart_t = db.now_s+context->bridge->restart_timeout;
+				context->bridge->restart_t = 1000*db.now_s+context->bridge->restart_timeout;
 				context->bridge->cur_address++;
 				if(context->bridge->cur_address == context->bridge->address_count){
 					context->bridge->cur_address = 0;
 				}
-				loop__update_next_event(context->bridge->restart_timeout*1000);
+				loop__update_next_event(context->bridge->restart_timeout);
 			}else{
 				if((context->bridge->start_type == bst_lazy && context->bridge->lazy_reconnect)
-						|| (context->bridge->start_type == bst_automatic && db.now_s >= context->bridge->restart_t)){
+						|| (context->bridge->start_type == bst_automatic && 1000*db.now_s >= context->bridge->restart_t)){
 
 #if defined(__GLIBC__) && defined(WITH_ADNS)
 					if(context->adns){
diff --git a/src/conf.c b/src/conf.c
index daab31bd..742c0918 100644
--- a/src/conf.c
+++ b/src/conf.c
@@ -2172,6 +2172,9 @@ static int config__read_file_core(struct mosquitto__config *config, bool reload,
 							}
 						}
 					}
+					cur_bridge->restart_timeout *= 1000; /* backoff is tracked in ms */
+					cur_bridge->backoff_base *= 1000;
+					cur_bridge->backoff_cap *= 1000;
 #else
 					log__printf(NULL, MOSQ_LOG_WARNING, "Warning: Bridge support not available.");
 #endif