diff --git a/src/display.cpp b/src/display.cpp
index 8e143742..cf3207c7 100644
--- a/src/display.cpp
+++ b/src/display.cpp
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ void refreshtheDisplay() {
     char buff[16]; // 16 chars line buffer
     const char timeNosyncSymbol = '?';
 #ifdef HAS_IF482
-    const char timesyncSymbol = '°';
+    const char timesyncSymbol = '+';
 #else
     const char timesyncSymbol = '*';
 #endif
diff --git a/src/gpsread.cpp b/src/gpsread.cpp
index 07bfd9ee..2aff4947 100644
--- a/src/gpsread.cpp
+++ b/src/gpsread.cpp
@@ -73,10 +73,6 @@ time_t get_gpstime(void) {
   if (gps.time.age() < 1500) {
     t = tmConvert_t(gps.date.year(), gps.date.month(), gps.date.day(),
                     gps.time.hour(), gps.time.minute(), gps.time.second());
-#ifdef HAS_RTC
-    if (!set_rtctime(t))
-      ESP_LOGE(TAG, "RTC set time failure");
-#endif
   } else {
     ESP_LOGW(TAG, "GPS has no confident time");
   }
diff --git a/src/lorawan.cpp b/src/lorawan.cpp
index d8350b5b..654b1469 100644
--- a/src/lorawan.cpp
+++ b/src/lorawan.cpp
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ void user_request_network_time_callback(void *pVoidUserUTCTime,
   setTime(*pUserUTCTime);
   ESP_LOGI(TAG, "LoRaWAN network has set the system time");
 #ifdef HAS_RTC
-  if (!set_rtctime(*pUserUTCTime))
+  if (set_rtctime(*pUserUTCTime))
     ESP_LOGE(TAG, "RTC set time failure");
 #endif
 }
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diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 6d7a324b..5703501f 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ void setup() {
     ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Unable to sync system time with RTC");
   else
     ESP_LOGI(TAG, "RTC has set the system time");
-  setSyncInterval(TIME_SYNC_INTERVAL_RTC);
+  setSyncInterval(TIME_SYNC_INTERVAL_RTC * 60);
 #endif // HAS_RTC
 
 #ifdef HAS_IF482
@@ -426,9 +426,14 @@ void setup() {
   setSyncProvider(&get_gpstime);
   if (timeStatus() != timeSet)
     ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Unable to sync system time with GPS");
-  else
+  else {
     ESP_LOGI(TAG, "GPS has set the system time");
-  setSyncInterval(TIME_SYNC_INTERVAL_GPS);
+#ifdef HAS_RTC
+    if (set_rtctime(now()))
+      ESP_LOGE(TAG, "RTC set time failure");
+#endif
+  }
+  setSyncInterval(TIME_SYNC_INTERVAL_GPS * 60);
 #endif
 
 // start RTC interrupt
diff --git a/src/paxcounter.conf b/src/paxcounter.conf
index 11151144..a97f8b9e 100644
--- a/src/paxcounter.conf
+++ b/src/paxcounter.conf
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@
 #define RESPONSE_TIMEOUT_MS             60000   // firmware binary server connection timeout [milliseconds]
 
 // settings for syncing time of node and external time sources
-#define TIME_SYNC_INTERVAL_GPS          5       // sync time each ... minutes with GPS [default = 5], comment out means off          
-#define TIME_SYNC_INTERVAL_RTC          5       // sync time each ... minutes with RTC [default = 5], comment out means off          
-//#define TIME_SYNC_INTERVAL_LORA         60      // sync time each ... minutes with LORA network [default = 60], comment out means off          
+#define TIME_SYNC_INTERVAL_GPS          60      // sync time each ... minutes with GPS [default = 60], comment out means off          
+#define TIME_SYNC_INTERVAL_RTC          60      // sync time each ... minutes with RTC [default = 60], comment out means off          
+//#define TIME_SYNC_INTERVAL_LORA       60      // sync time each ... minutes with LORA network [default = 60], comment out means off          
 #define IF482_OFFSET                    984     // 1sec minus IF482 serial transmit time [ms]: e.g. 9 bits * 17 bytes * 1/9600 bps = 16ms
 
 // time zone, see https://github.com/JChristensen/Timezone/blob/master/examples/WorldClock/WorldClock.ino