diff --git a/pwnagotchi/plugins/default/watchdog.py b/pwnagotchi/plugins/default/watchdog.py
index 410338c..6a370eb 100644
--- a/pwnagotchi/plugins/default/watchdog.py
+++ b/pwnagotchi/plugins/default/watchdog.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class Watchdog(plugins.Plugin):
 
     def on_epoch(self, agent, epoch, epoch_data):
         # get last 10 lines
-        last_lines = ''.join(list(TextIOWrapper(subprocess.Popen(['journalctl','-n10','-k', '--since', '"5 minutes ago"'],
+        last_lines = ''.join(list(TextIOWrapper(subprocess.Popen(['journalctl','-n10','-k', '--since', '-5m'],
                                                 stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout))[-10:])
         if len(self.pattern.findall(last_lines)) >= 5:
             display = agent.view()