diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index e9f9d3c..40be474 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ var (
 	concurrentJobs int
 	videosLimit    int
 	maxVideoSize   int
-	maxVideoLength float64
+	maxVideoLength int
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func main() {
 	cmd.Flags().IntVar(&concurrentJobs, "concurrent-jobs", 1, "how many jobs to process concurrently")
 	cmd.Flags().IntVar(&videosLimit, "videos-limit", 1000, "how many videos to process per channel")
 	cmd.Flags().IntVar(&maxVideoSize, "max-size", 2048, "Maximum video size to process (in MB)")
-	cmd.Flags().Float64Var(&maxVideoLength, "max-length", 2.0, "Maximum video length to process (in hours)")
+	cmd.Flags().IntVar(&maxVideoLength, "max-length", 2, "Maximum video length to process (in hours)")
 
 	if err := cmd.Execute(); err != nil {
 		fmt.Println(err)
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func ytSync(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		syncStatus,
 		syncProperties,
 		apiConfig,
-		maxVideoLength,
+		time.Duration(maxVideoLength)*time.Hour,
 	)
 	err := sm.Start()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/manager/manager.go b/manager/manager.go
index 2f831b9..50737af 100644
--- a/manager/manager.go
+++ b/manager/manager.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ type SyncManager struct {
 	blobsDir         string
 	videosLimit      int
 	maxVideoSize     int
-	maxVideoLength   float64
+	maxVideoLength   time.Duration
 	lbrycrdString    string
 	awsS3ID          string
 	awsS3Secret      string
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ type SyncManager struct {
 
 func NewSyncManager(syncFlags sdk.SyncFlags, maxTries int, refill int, limit int, concurrentJobs int, concurrentVideos int, blobsDir string, videosLimit int,
 	maxVideoSize int, lbrycrdString string, awsS3ID string, awsS3Secret string, awsS3Region string, awsS3Bucket string,
-	syncStatus string, syncProperties *sdk.SyncProperties, apiConfig *sdk.APIConfig, maxVideoLength float64) *SyncManager {
+	syncStatus string, syncProperties *sdk.SyncProperties, apiConfig *sdk.APIConfig, maxVideoLength time.Duration) *SyncManager {
 	return &SyncManager{
 		SyncFlags:        syncFlags,
 		maxTries:         maxTries,
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ func (s *SyncManager) Start() error {
 					log.Infof("There are %d channels in the \"%s\" queue", len(channels)-i, q)
 					maxVideoLength := s.maxVideoLength
 					if c.TotalSubscribers < 1000 {
-						maxVideoLength = 1.0
+						maxVideoLength = 1 * time.Hour
 					}
 					syncs = append(syncs, Sync{
 						APIConfig:            s.apiConfig,
diff --git a/manager/ytsync.go b/manager/ytsync.go
index feebc37..f741190 100644
--- a/manager/ytsync.go
+++ b/manager/ytsync.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ type Sync struct {
 	clientPublishAddress string
 	publicKey            string
 	defaultAccountID     string
-	MaxVideoLength       float64
+	MaxVideoLength       time.Duration
 }
 
 func (s *Sync) AppendSyncedVideo(videoID string, published bool, failureReason string, claimName string, claimID string, metadataVersion int8, size int64) {
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ func (s *Sync) setStatusSyncing() error {
 
 func (s *Sync) setExceptions() {
 	if s.YoutubeChannelID == "UCwjQfNRW6sGYb__pd7d4nUg" { //@FreeTalkLive
-		s.MaxVideoLength = 9999.0 // skips max length checks
+		s.MaxVideoLength = 9999 * time.Hour // skips max length checks
 		s.Manager.maxVideoSize = 0
 	}
 }
diff --git a/sources/youtubeVideo.go b/sources/youtubeVideo.go
index 9d11e8a..fd85bf1 100644
--- a/sources/youtubeVideo.go
+++ b/sources/youtubeVideo.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package sources
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
-	"math"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ type YoutubeVideo struct {
 	playlistPosition int64
 	size             *int64
 	maxVideoSize     int64
-	maxVideoLength   float64
+	maxVideoLength   time.Duration
 	publishedAt      time.Time
 	dir              string
 	youtubeInfo      *ytdl.YtdlVideo
@@ -236,7 +235,7 @@ func (v *YoutubeVideo) download() error {
 	if v.maxVideoLength > 0 {
 		ytdlArgs = append(ytdlArgs,
 			"--match-filter",
-			fmt.Sprintf("duration <= %d", int(math.Round(v.maxVideoLength*3600))),
+			fmt.Sprintf("duration <= %d", int(v.maxVideoLength.Seconds())),
 		)
 	}
 
@@ -432,7 +431,7 @@ type SyncParams struct {
 	ChannelID      string
 	MaxVideoSize   int
 	Namer          *namer.Namer
-	MaxVideoLength float64
+	MaxVideoLength time.Duration
 	Fee            *sdk.Fee
 	DefaultAccount string
 }
@@ -452,9 +451,11 @@ func (v *YoutubeVideo) Sync(daemon *jsonrpc.Client, params SyncParams, existingV
 func (v *YoutubeVideo) downloadAndPublish(daemon *jsonrpc.Client, params SyncParams) (*SyncSummary, error) {
 	var err error
 
-	if float64(v.youtubeInfo.Duration) > v.maxVideoLength {
-		log.Infof("%s is %d long and the limit is %s", v.id, v.youtubeInfo.Duration, (time.Duration(v.maxVideoLength*60) * time.Minute).String())
-		logUtils.SendErrorToSlack("%s is %d long and the limit is %s", v.id, v.youtubeInfo.Duration, (time.Duration(v.maxVideoLength*60) * time.Minute).String())
+	dur := time.Duration(v.youtubeInfo.Duration) * time.Second
+
+	if dur > v.maxVideoLength {
+		log.Infof("%s is %d long and the limit is %s", v.id, dur.String(), v.maxVideoLength.String())
+		logUtils.SendErrorToSlack("%s is %d long and the limit is %s", v.id, dur.String(), v.maxVideoLength.String())
 		return nil, errors.Err("video is too long to process")
 	}
 	for {