diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index d11932b..d3ca00d 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@
         "ext-json": "*",
         "illuminate/support": "^5.4|^6.0|^7.0|^8.0",
         "illuminate/http": "^5.4|^6.0|^7.0|^8.0",
-        "illuminate/console": "^5.4|^6.0|^7.0|^8.0"
+        "illuminate/console": "^5.4|^6.0|^7.0|^8.0",
+        "nesbot/carbon": "^1.26.3|^2.0"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "phpunit/phpunit": ">=5.0",
diff --git a/src/Checks/CacheHealthCheck.php b/src/Checks/CacheHealthCheck.php
index 9f5216f..40d3889 100644
--- a/src/Checks/CacheHealthCheck.php
+++ b/src/Checks/CacheHealthCheck.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
 use UKFast\HealthCheck\HealthCheck;
+use Carbon\Carbon;
 
 class CacheHealthCheck extends HealthCheck
 {
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ public function status()
             try {
                 $cache = Cache::store($store);
 
-                $cache->put('laravel-health-check', 'healthy', 60);
+                $cache->put('laravel-health-check', 'healthy', Carbon::now()->addMinutes(1));
                 
                 $value = $cache->pull('laravel-health-check', 'broken');
 
diff --git a/src/Commands/CacheSchedulerRunning.php b/src/Commands/CacheSchedulerRunning.php
index fec56d8..6b0c0b2 100644
--- a/src/Commands/CacheSchedulerRunning.php
+++ b/src/Commands/CacheSchedulerRunning.php
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Console\Command;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
 use UKFast\HealthCheck\Checks\SchedulerHealthCheck;
-
+use Carbon\Carbon;
 class CacheSchedulerRunning extends Command
 {
     /**
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ public function handle()
         $cacheKey = config('healthcheck.scheduler.cache-key');
         $cacheMinutes = config('healthcheck.scheduler.minutes-between-checks');
 
-        Cache::put($cacheKey, 'healthy', (60 * $cacheMinutes));
+        Cache::put($cacheKey, 'healthy', Carbon::now()->addMinutes($cacheMinutes));
     }
 }