diff --git a/prometheus_hardware_exporter/__main__.py b/prometheus_hardware_exporter/__main__.py
index 5056e96..0fb43cc 100644
--- a/prometheus_hardware_exporter/__main__.py
+++ b/prometheus_hardware_exporter/__main__.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 )
 from .config import (
     DEFAULT_CONFIG,
+    DEFAULT_IPMI_SEL_INTERVAL,
     DEFAULT_REDFISH_CLIENT_MAX_RETRY,
     DEFAULT_REDFISH_CLIENT_TIMEOUT,
     DEFAULT_REDFISH_DISCOVER_CACHE_TTL,
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ def parse_command_line() -> argparse.Namespace:
     parser.add_argument(
         "--ipmi-sel-interval",
         help="The duration for how many seconds to collect SEL records",
-        default=300,
+        default=DEFAULT_IPMI_SEL_INTERVAL,
         type=int,
     )
     parser.add_argument(
diff --git a/prometheus_hardware_exporter/config.py b/prometheus_hardware_exporter/config.py
index 50b72f0..2db1f6f 100644
--- a/prometheus_hardware_exporter/config.py
+++ b/prometheus_hardware_exporter/config.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 DEFAULT_CONFIG = os.path.join(os.environ.get("SNAP_DATA", "./"), "config.yaml")
 
+DEFAULT_IPMI_SEL_INTERVAL = 86400
 DEFAULT_REDFISH_CLIENT_TIMEOUT = 3
 DEFAULT_REDFISH_CLIENT_MAX_RETRY = 1
 DEFAULT_REDFISH_DISCOVER_CACHE_TTL = 86400
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ class Config(BaseModel):
     level: str = "DEBUG"
     enable_collectors: List[str] = []
 
-    ipmi_sel_interval: int = 300
+    ipmi_sel_interval: int = DEFAULT_IPMI_SEL_INTERVAL
 
     redfish_host: str = "127.0.0.1"
     redfish_username: str = ""