diff --git a/src/server/game/World/World.cpp b/src/server/game/World/World.cpp
index e9466967d5..f6d11738d0 100755
--- a/src/server/game/World/World.cpp
+++ b/src/server/game/World/World.cpp
@@ -1663,7 +1663,7 @@ void World::SetInitialWorldSettings()
     m_timers[WUPDATE_AUCTIONS].SetInterval(MINUTE*IN_MILLISECONDS);
     m_timers[WUPDATE_UPTIME].SetInterval(m_int_configs[CONFIG_UPTIME_UPDATE]*MINUTE*IN_MILLISECONDS);
                                                             //Update "uptime" table based on configuration entry in minutes.
-    m_timers[WUPDATE_CORPSES].SetInterval(3 * HOUR * IN_MILLISECONDS);
+    m_timers[WUPDATE_CORPSES].SetInterval(20 * MINUTE * IN_MILLISECONDS);
                                                             //erase corpses every 20 minutes
     m_timers[WUPDATE_CLEANDB].SetInterval(m_int_configs[CONFIG_LOGDB_CLEARINTERVAL]*MINUTE*IN_MILLISECONDS);
                                                             // clean logs table every 14 days by default