diff --git a/Qalbum.py b/Qalbum.py
index 460fdf2..a1b982c 100755
--- a/Qalbum.py
+++ b/Qalbum.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ from datetime import datetime
 
 # (c) ville.rantanen@helsinki.fi
 
-__version__='2.3'
+__version__='2.4'
 
 webfilesearch=re.compile('.*index.html$|gallerystyle.css$|galleryscript.js$|descriptions.csv$|^info.txt$|\..*',re.I)
 imagesearch=re.compile('.*\.jpg$|.*\.jpeg$|.*\.gif$|.*\.png$|.*\.svg$|.*\.pdf$',re.I)
diff --git a/galleryscript.js b/galleryscript.js
index 5bb8991..0988cdb 100644
--- a/galleryscript.js
+++ b/galleryscript.js
@@ -1301,7 +1301,7 @@ function request(type) {
         if (type=="auto") {
         // Fetch ?auto=num seconds request and return the boolean
             if ((query[0]=="auto") && query.length>1 && query[1].length>0) {
-                var retval=parseInt(query[1]);
+                var retval=parseFloat(query[1]);
                 if (isNaN(retval)) { return 0; }
                 return retval;
             } 
@@ -1524,7 +1524,7 @@ function slidenextrestart() {
 }
 function slidesetupfromconfig() {
     var el=$('#configSlideInterval')[0];
-    var newinterval=parseInt(el.value);
+    var newinterval=parseFloat(el.value);
     if (isNaN(newinterval)) { newinterval=0; }
     el.value=newinterval;
     slideshowinterval=newinterval;