diff --git a/daemon-common/config.py b/daemon-common/config.py
index 231f3c1d..8ebde8e9 100644
--- a/daemon-common/config.py
+++ b/daemon-common/config.py
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ def get_parsed_configuration(config_file):
         config_timer = {
             "vm_shutdown_timeout": int(o_timer.get("vm_shutdown_timeout", 180)),
             "keepalive_interval": int(o_timer.get("keepalive_interval", 5)),
-            "monitoring_interval": int(o_timer.get("monitoring_interval", 60)),
+            "monitoring_interval": int(o_timer.get("monitoring_interval", 15)),
         }
         config = {**config, **config_timer}
 
diff --git a/pvc.sample.conf b/pvc.sample.conf
index 8a7d5454..e4fb3e7b 100644
--- a/pvc.sample.conf
+++ b/pvc.sample.conf
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ timer:
   keepalive_interval: 5
 
   # Monitoring interval (seconds)
-  monitoring_interval: 60
+  monitoring_interval: 15
 
 # Fencing configuration
 fencing: