diff --git a/alert/alert.go b/alert/alert.go
index 9cd6ca2..20c403f 100644
--- a/alert/alert.go
+++ b/alert/alert.go
@@ -24,16 +24,16 @@ func Init(alertChan chan api.Availability) {
 		log.Fatalf("Fail to instantiate the HTTP Client. Error: %s", err.Error())
 	}
 
-	priceAlertStr := os.Getenv("PRICE_ALERT")
-	if priceAlertStr != "" {
-		PriceAlert, err = strconv.ParseInt(priceAlertStr, 10, 64)
+	tickerInSecond := os.Getenv("TICKER_ALERT")
+	if tickerInSecond != "" {
+		ticker, err = strconv.ParseInt(tickerInSecond, 10, 64)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatalf("invalid configuration. PRICE_ALERT environement variable should be an integer.")
+			log.Fatalf("invalid configuration. TICKER_ALERT environement variable should be an integer.")
 		}
 	}
 
 	// define an interval and the ticker for this interval
-	interval := time.Duration(6) * time.Second
+	interval := time.Duration(ticker) * time.Second
 	// create a new Ticker
 	tk := time.NewTicker(interval)
 
diff --git a/alert/config.go b/alert/config.go
index 532b2b5..ae2e8fc 100644
--- a/alert/config.go
+++ b/alert/config.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 
 // PriceAlert contain the minimum price that will trigger an alert.
 var PriceAlert int64 = 47000
+var ticker int64 = 6
 
 var carFilter api.AvailabilityQueryParams = api.AvailabilityQueryParams{
 	Model:     "my",