diff --git a/ponymap.c b/ponymap.c
index d0b71ee..e4c8a98 100644
--- a/ponymap.c
+++ b/ponymap.c
@@ -315,8 +315,8 @@ static bool generator_step (struct app_context *ctx);
 struct app_context
 {
 	struct str_map config;              ///< User configuration
-	unsigned connect_timeout;           ///< Hard timeout for connect()
-	unsigned scan_timeout;              ///< Hard timeout for service scans
+	unsigned connect_timeout;           ///< Timeout for connect() in sec.
+	unsigned scan_timeout;              ///< Timeout for service scans in sec.
 
 	json_t *json_results;               ///< The results as a JSON value
 	const char *json_filename;          ///< The filename to write JSON to
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ end:
 static void
 unit_start_scan (struct unit *u)
 {
-	poller_timer_set (&u->timeout_event, u->target->ctx->scan_timeout);
+	poller_timer_set (&u->timeout_event, u->target->ctx->scan_timeout * 1000);
 	u->fd_event.dispatcher = (poller_fd_fn) on_unit_ready;
 	unit_update_poller (u, NULL);
 }
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ unit_make (struct target *target, uint32_t ip, uint16_t port,
 		unit_start_scan (u);
 	else
 	{
-		poller_timer_set (&u->timeout_event, ctx->connect_timeout);
+		poller_timer_set (&u->timeout_event, ctx->connect_timeout * 1000);
 		poller_fd_set (&u->fd_event, POLLOUT);
 	}
 
diff --git a/utils.c b/utils.c
index a36533a..1555715 100644
--- a/utils.c
+++ b/utils.c
@@ -926,21 +926,21 @@ poller_timers_heapify_down (struct poller_timers *self, size_t index)
 		timer_t *left   = self->heap + 2 * index + 1;
 		timer_t *right  = self->heap + 2 * index + 2;
 
-		timer_t *largest = parent;
-		if (left  < end && (*left) ->when > (*largest)->when)
-			largest = left;
-		if (right < end && (*right)->when > (*largest)->when)
-			largest = right;
-		if (parent == largest)
+		timer_t *lowest = parent;
+		if (left  < end && (*left) ->when < (*lowest)->when)
+			lowest = left;
+		if (right < end && (*right)->when < (*lowest)->when)
+			lowest = right;
+		if (parent == lowest)
 			break;
 
 		timer_t tmp = *parent;
-		*parent = *largest;
-		*largest = tmp;
+		*parent = *lowest;
+		*lowest = tmp;
 
-		(*parent) ->index = parent  - self->heap;
-		(*largest)->index = largest - self->heap;
-		index = largest - self->heap;
+		(*parent)->index = parent - self->heap;
+		(*lowest)->index = lowest - self->heap;
+		index = lowest - self->heap;
 	}
 }