diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/coreutils/ExecUtil.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/coreutils/ExecUtil.java
index 400c452c1e..fc02b0e9f4 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/coreutils/ExecUtil.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/coreutils/ExecUtil.java
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.core.UserPreferences;
 public final class ExecUtil {
 
     private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(ExecUtil.class.getName());
-    private static final long DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 5;
-    private static final TimeUnit DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_UNITS = TimeUnit.SECONDS;
+    private static final long DEFAULT_CHECK_INTERVAL = 5;
+    private static final TimeUnit DEFAULT_CHECK_INTERVAL_UNITS = TimeUnit.SECONDS;
 
     /**
      * The execute() methods do a wait() with a timeout on the executing process
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public final class ExecUtil {
      * @throws IOException       If an I/O error occurs.
      */
     public static int execute(ProcessBuilder processBuilder, ProcessTerminator terminator) throws SecurityException, IOException {
-        return ExecUtil.execute(processBuilder, ExecUtil.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, ExecUtil.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_UNITS, terminator);
+        return ExecUtil.execute(processBuilder, ExecUtil.DEFAULT_CHECK_INTERVAL, ExecUtil.DEFAULT_CHECK_INTERVAL_UNITS, terminator);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/plaso/PlasoIngestModule.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/plaso/PlasoIngestModule.java
index e20ebb8daa..c9fad6c1bc 100755
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/plaso/PlasoIngestModule.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/plaso/PlasoIngestModule.java
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ public class PlasoIngestModule implements DataSourceIngestModule {
     private static final String PSORT_EXECUTABLE = "psort.exe";//NON-NLS
     private static final String COOKIE = "cookie";//NON-NLS
     private static final int LOG2TIMELINE_WORKERS = 2;
-
+    private static final long TERMINATION_CHECK_INTERVAL = 5;
+    private static final TimeUnit TERMINATION_CHECK_INTERVAL_UNITS = TimeUnit.SECONDS;
+    
     private File log2TimeLineExecutable;
     private File psortExecutable;
 
@@ -164,7 +166,7 @@ public class PlasoIngestModule implements DataSourceIngestModule {
             try (BufferedReader log2TimeLineOutpout = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(log2TimeLineProcess.getInputStream()))) {
                 L2TStatusProcessor statusReader = new L2TStatusProcessor(log2TimeLineOutpout, statusHelper, moduleOutputPath);
                 new Thread(statusReader, "log2timeline status reader").start();  //NON-NLS
-                ExecUtil.waitForTermination(LOG2TIMELINE_EXECUTABLE, log2TimeLineProcess, 5, TimeUnit.SECONDS, new DataSourceIngestModuleProcessTerminator(context));
+                ExecUtil.waitForTermination(LOG2TIMELINE_EXECUTABLE, log2TimeLineProcess, TERMINATION_CHECK_INTERVAL, TERMINATION_CHECK_INTERVAL_UNITS, new DataSourceIngestModuleProcessTerminator(context));
                 statusReader.cancel();
             }