diff --git a/cachet/config.go b/cachet/config.go
index 13b73e9..b809fc2 100644
--- a/cachet/config.go
+++ b/cachet/config.go
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/castawaylabs/cachet-monitor/system"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
+
+	"github.com/castawaylabs/cachet-monitor/system"
 )
 
 // Static config
@@ -69,6 +70,13 @@ func init() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
+	for _, mon := range Config.Monitors {
+		if mon.Interval <= 0 {
+			mon.Interval = 1
+		}
+		mon.stopC = make(chan struct{})
+	}
+
 	if len(systemName) > 0 {
 		Config.SystemName = systemName
 	}
diff --git a/cachet/monitor.go b/cachet/monitor.go
index 6dc687b..1d9ddb9 100644
--- a/cachet/monitor.go
+++ b/cachet/monitor.go
@@ -12,17 +12,21 @@ const timeout = time.Duration(time.Second)
 
 // Monitor data model
 type Monitor struct {
-	Name               string  `json:"name"`
-	URL                string  `json:"url"`
-	MetricID           int     `json:"metric_id"`
-	Threshold          float32 `json:"threshold"`
-	ComponentID        *int    `json:"component_id"`
-	ExpectedStatusCode int     `json:"expected_status_code"`
-	StrictTLS          *bool   `json:"strict_tls"`
+	Name               string        `json:"name"`
+	URL                string        `json:"url"`
+	MetricID           int           `json:"metric_id"`
+	Threshold          float32       `json:"threshold"`
+	ComponentID        *int          `json:"component_id"`
+	ExpectedStatusCode int           `json:"expected_status_code"`
+	StrictTLS          *bool         `json:"strict_tls"`
+	Interval           time.Duration `json:"interval"`
 
 	History        []bool    `json:"-"`
 	LastFailReason *string   `json:"-"`
 	Incident       *Incident `json:"-"`
+
+	// Closed when mon.Stop() is called
+	stopC chan struct{} `json:"-"`
 }
 
 // Run loop
@@ -42,6 +46,26 @@ func (monitor *Monitor) Run() {
 	}
 }
 
+func (monitor *Monitor) Stop() {
+	if monitor.Stopped() {
+		return
+	}
+	close(monitor.stopC)
+}
+
+func (monitor *Monitor) StopC() <-chan struct{} {
+	return monitor.stopC
+}
+
+func (monitor *Monitor) Stopped() bool {
+	select {
+	case <-monitor.stopC:
+		return true
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
 func (monitor *Monitor) doRequest() bool {
 	client := &http.Client{
 		Timeout: timeout,
@@ -115,8 +139,8 @@ func (monitor *Monitor) AnalyseData() {
 
 		component_id := json.Number(strconv.Itoa(*monitor.ComponentID))
 		monitor.Incident = &Incident{
-			Name: monitor.Incident.Name,
-			Message: monitor.Name + " check succeeded",
+			Name:        monitor.Incident.Name,
+			Message:     monitor.Name + " check succeeded",
 			ComponentID: &component_id,
 		}
 
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index e5fde68..a755057 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"github.com/castawaylabs/cachet-monitor/cachet"
+	"os"
+	"os/signal"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/castawaylabs/cachet-monitor/cachet"
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -20,10 +24,31 @@ func main() {
 
 	log.Println()
 
-	ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Second)
-	for range ticker.C {
-		for _, mon := range config.Monitors {
-			go mon.Run()
-		}
+	wg := &sync.WaitGroup{}
+	for _, mon := range config.Monitors {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func(mon *cachet.Monitor) {
+			ticker := time.NewTicker(mon.Interval * time.Second)
+			for {
+				select {
+				case <-ticker.C:
+					mon.Run()
+				case <-mon.StopC():
+					wg.Done()
+					return
+				}
+			}
+		}(mon)
 	}
+
+	signals := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+	signal.Notify(signals, os.Interrupt, os.Kill)
+	<-signals
+
+	log.Println("Waiting monitors to end current operation")
+	for _, mon := range config.Monitors {
+		mon.Stop()
+	}
+
+	wg.Wait()
 }