diff --git a/master.bash b/master.bash
index 4a4a74c99a11b9a1d05f8bb22184c06dda2043b7..b40c9d32f9e04cb8ea9f5e8bf4eabb1f329dc84a 100755
--- a/master.bash
+++ b/master.bash
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ let metIncSec='metInc*3600'
 # restartIntervals
 let restartInc='fcstTime*60'
 let restartIncSpinup='spinupTime*60'
+let restartIncReal='restartInc+restartIncSpinup'
 
 # start day as Julian day
 startJDay=$(date -u --date="${dateTxt} ${spinupTime}hours ago" '+%j')
@@ -283,7 +284,7 @@ s/__endDay__/${endDay}/g
 s/__endHour__/${endHour}/g
 s/__endDate__/${endDate}/g
 s/__isRestart__/.false./g
-s/__restartInterval__/${restartIncSpinup}/g
+s/__restartInterval__/${restartIncReal}/g
 EOF
 
 # spinup only runs from -spinup to 0