diff --git a/src/main/java/info/fetter/logstashforwarder/FileWatcher.java b/src/main/java/info/fetter/logstashforwarder/FileWatcher.java
index 18b8a56..9ca9429 100644
--- a/src/main/java/info/fetter/logstashforwarder/FileWatcher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/info/fetter/logstashforwarder/FileWatcher.java
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ public class FileWatcher {
 	private boolean stdinConfigured = false;
 	private String sincedbFile = null;
 
-	public FileWatcher() {
+	public FileWatcher(String sincedbFileName) {
+		sincedbFile = sincedbFileName;
 		try {
 			logger.debug("Loading saved states");
 			savedStates = Registrar.readStateFromJson(sincedbFile);
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ public class FileWatcher {
 		printWatchMap();
 	}
 
-	public void addFilesToWatch(String fileToWatch, Event fields, int deadTime, Multiline multiline) {
+	public void addFilesToWatch(String fileToWatch, Event fields, long deadTime, Multiline multiline) {
 		try {
 			if(fileToWatch.equals("-")) {
 				addStdIn(fields);
@@ -219,7 +220,7 @@ public class FileWatcher {
 		removeMarkedFilesFromWatchMap();
 	}
 
-	private void addSingleFile(String fileToWatch, Event fields, int deadTime, Multiline multiline) throws Exception {
+	private void addSingleFile(String fileToWatch, Event fields, long deadTime, Multiline multiline) throws Exception {
 		logger.info("Watching file : " + new File(fileToWatch).getCanonicalPath());
 		String directory = FilenameUtils.getFullPath(fileToWatch);
 		String fileName = FilenameUtils.getName(fileToWatch); 
@@ -230,7 +231,7 @@ public class FileWatcher {
 		initializeWatchMap(new File(directory), fileFilter, fields, multiline);
 	}
 
-	private void addWildCardFiles(String filesToWatch, Event fields, int deadTime, Multiline multiline) throws Exception {
+	private void addWildCardFiles(String filesToWatch, Event fields, long deadTime, Multiline multiline) throws Exception {
 		logger.info("Watching wildcard files : " + filesToWatch);
 		String directory = FilenameUtils.getFullPath(filesToWatch);
 		String wildcard = FilenameUtils.getName(filesToWatch);
@@ -367,6 +368,5 @@ public class FileWatcher {
 
 	public void setSincedb(String sincedbFile) {
 		this.sincedbFile = sincedbFile;	
-	}
-
+        }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/info/fetter/logstashforwarder/Forwarder.java b/src/main/java/info/fetter/logstashforwarder/Forwarder.java
index 1d8b011..79870a8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/info/fetter/logstashforwarder/Forwarder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/info/fetter/logstashforwarder/Forwarder.java
@@ -72,10 +72,9 @@ public class Forwarder {
 		try {
 			parseOptions(args);
 			setupLogging();
-			watcher = new FileWatcher();
+			watcher = new FileWatcher(sincedbFile);
 			watcher.setMaxSignatureLength(signatureLength);
 			watcher.setTail(tailSelected);
-			watcher.setSincedb(sincedbFile);
 			configManager = new ConfigurationManager(config);
 			configManager.readConfiguration();
 			for(FilesSection files : configManager.getConfig().getFiles()) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/info/fetter/logstashforwarder/config/FilesSection.java b/src/main/java/info/fetter/logstashforwarder/config/FilesSection.java
index 3c2b8ed..f9f276b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/info/fetter/logstashforwarder/config/FilesSection.java
+++ b/src/main/java/info/fetter/logstashforwarder/config/FilesSection.java
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ public class FilesSection {
 		return deadTime;
 	}
 
-	public int getDeadTimeInSeconds() {
-		int deadTimeInSeconds = 0;
+	public long getDeadTimeInSeconds() {
+		long deadTimeInSeconds = 0;
 		String remaining = deadTime;
 
 		if(deadTime.contains("h")) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/info/fetter/logstashforwarder/FileWatcherTest.java b/src/test/java/info/fetter/logstashforwarder/FileWatcherTest.java
index 5e4c96c..3eaa7c6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/info/fetter/logstashforwarder/FileWatcherTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/info/fetter/logstashforwarder/FileWatcherTest.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public class FileWatcherTest {
 
 	//@Test
 	public void testFileWatch() throws InterruptedException, IOException {
-		FileWatcher watcher = new FileWatcher();
+		FileWatcher watcher = new FileWatcher(".logstash-forwarder-java");
 		watcher.addFilesToWatch("./test.txt", new Event().addField("test", "test"), FileWatcher.ONE_DAY, null);
 		for(int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
 			Thread.sleep(1000);
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class FileWatcherTest {
         
         //@Test
         public void testFileWatchWithMultilines() throws InterruptedException, IOException {
-		FileWatcher watcher = new FileWatcher();
+		FileWatcher watcher = new FileWatcher(".logstash-forwarder-java");
                 Multiline multiline = new Multiline();
 		watcher.addFilesToWatch("./test.txt", new Event().addField("test", "test"), FileWatcher.ONE_DAY, multiline);
 		for(int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public class FileWatcherTest {
 			logger.warn("Not executing this test on windows");
 			return;
 		}
-		FileWatcher watcher = new FileWatcher();
+		FileWatcher watcher = new FileWatcher(".logstash-forwarder-java");
 		watcher.addFilesToWatch("./testFileWatcher*.txt", new Event().addField("test", "test"), FileWatcher.ONE_DAY, null);
 		watcher.initialize();
 
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public class FileWatcherTest {
 			logger.warn("Not executing this test on windows");
 			return;
 		}
-		FileWatcher watcher = new FileWatcher();
+		FileWatcher watcher = new FileWatcher(".logstash-forwarder-java");
                 Map<String, String> m = new HashMap<String, String>();
                 m.put("pattern", " nl");
                 m.put("negate", "false");