diff --git a/tabby-ssh/src/profiles.ts b/tabby-ssh/src/profiles.ts
index 80ee5605..b444bd7f 100644
--- a/tabby-ssh/src/profiles.ts
+++ b/tabby-ssh/src/profiles.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export class SSHProfilesService extends ProfileProvider<SSHProfile> {
             auth: null,
             password: null,
             privateKeys: [],
-            keepaliveInterval: 5,
+            keepaliveInterval: 5000,
             keepaliveCountMax: 10,
             readyTimeout: null,
             x11: false,