diff --git a/src/app/webide/webide.component.ts b/src/app/webide/webide.component.ts
index 3fe10a5..54eac1e 100644
--- a/src/app/webide/webide.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/webide/webide.component.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { ProcessManagerService } from '../services/processmanager.service';
 const modelist = brace.acequire('ace/ext/modelist');
 
 const defaultSourceCode = `alert( 'Hello, world!' );`;
+const autosave_interval = 10000;
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-webide',
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ export class WebideComponent implements OnInit {
     this.requestCode();
     this.processManagerService.init();
     this.processManagerService.subscribeCallback('login', (event) => { this.setButtonStateSaved(); });
-    setInterval(() => { this.sendCodeIfDirty(); }, 10000);
+    setInterval(() => { this.sendCodeIfDirty(); }, autosave_interval);
   }
 
   subscribeWS() {