diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/calendarevents/RNCalendarEvents.java b/android/src/main/java/com/calendarevents/RNCalendarEvents.java
index ef3d499..38988a2 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/calendarevents/RNCalendarEvents.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/calendarevents/RNCalendarEvents.java
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ private WritableNativeArray findReminderByEventId(String eventID, long startDate
                 continue;
             }
 
-            cal.add(Calendar.MINUTE, minutes);
+            cal.add(Calendar.MINUTE, -minutes);
             alarm.putString("date", sdf.format(cal.getTime()));
             results.pushMap(alarm);
         }