diff --git a/app/config/jobs.js b/app/config/jobs.js
index eb872ba0bc17dbd650e6116eb0f8c7805086bc78..9b7b93a98ab5c2bdd8bfcd186079450b34cca014 100644
--- a/app/config/jobs.js
+++ b/app/config/jobs.js
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 const defaults = {
-  channelTimeToLive: 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 28, // 4 weeks
   channelDestructionInterval: 1000 * 60 * 60, // 1 hr
   channelDestructionGracePeriod: 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24, // 1 day
+  channelExpiryInMillis: 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 7, // 1 week
   healthcheckInterval: 1000 * 60 * 15, // 15 min
-  hotlineMessageExpiryInMillis: 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 28, // 4 weeks
+  hotlineMessageExpiryInMillis: 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 3, // 3 days
   inviteDeletionInterval: 1000 * 60 * 60, // 1 hour
-  inviteExpiryInMillis: 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 14, // 2 weeks
+  inviteExpiryInMillis: 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 7, // 1 week
   signaldStartupTime: 3000 * 60, // 3 min
 }
 
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ const testInterval = 50
 
 const development = {
   ...defaults,
-  channelTimeToLive: 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 365 * 2, // 2 yr
   channelDestructionInterval: 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24, // 1 day
   channelDestructionGracePeriod: 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 28, //  4 weeks
+  channelExpiryInMillis: 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 365 * 2, // 2 yr
   healthcheckInterval: 1000 * 60 * 30, // 30 min
   signaldStartupTime: 1000 * 5, // 5 sec
 }
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ const development = {
 const test = {
   ...defaults,
   testInterval,
-  channelTimeToLive: testInterval,
   channelDestructionInterval: testInterval,
+  channelExpiryInMillis: testInterval,
   healthcheckInterval: testInterval, // millis
   inviteDeletionInterval: testInterval,
   signaldStartupTime: 1, //  millis
diff --git a/app/db/repositories/channel.js b/app/db/repositories/channel.js
index ddff78316187db832e4e6ee156ce43254527201b..b06125d68bedd2be727ecee51f75b30279e72847 100644
--- a/app/db/repositories/channel.js
+++ b/app/db/repositories/channel.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const { loggerOf } = require('../../util')
 const { memberTypes } = require('./membership')
 const { map } = require('lodash')
 const {
-  jobs: { channelTimeToLive },
+  jobs: { channelExpiryInMillis },
   signal: { diagnosticsPhoneNumber },
 } = require('../../config')
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ const getStaleChannels = async () =>
         model: app.db.messageCount,
         where: {
           updatedAt: {
-            [Op.lte]: util.now().subtract(parseInt(channelTimeToLive), 'ms'),
+            [Op.lte]: util.now().subtract(parseInt(channelExpiryInMillis), 'ms'),
           },
         },
       },
diff --git a/test/unit/db/repositories/channel.spec.js b/test/unit/db/repositories/channel.spec.js
index 66771e235228c790f5bae267fe77c3d52a5dbdb4..f290f54b5f48cd7101a89df55b2789cd9f811bbb 100644
--- a/test/unit/db/repositories/channel.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/db/repositories/channel.spec.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { channelFactory, deepChannelFactory } from '../../../support/factories/c
 import { genPhoneNumber } from '../../../support/factories/phoneNumber'
 import { membershipFactory } from '../../../support/factories/membership'
 const {
-  jobs: { channelTimeToLive },
+  jobs: { channelExpiryInMillis },
   signal: { diagnosticsPhoneNumber },
 } = require('../../../../app/config')
 
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ describe('channel repository', () => {
 
     beforeEach(async () => {
       staleChannels = await createChannelsFromAttributes(times(2, deepChannelFactory))
-      await util.wait(channelTimeToLive + 1)
+      await util.wait(channelExpiryInMillis + 1)
       await createChannelsFromAttributes(times(1, deepChannelFactory))
     })