diff --git a/freon@UshakovVasilii_Github.yahoo.com/extension.js b/freon@UshakovVasilii_Github.yahoo.com/extension.js
index 25d48ef..4fd0525 100644
--- a/freon@UshakovVasilii_Github.yahoo.com/extension.js
+++ b/freon@UshakovVasilii_Github.yahoo.com/extension.js
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ class FreonMenuButton extends PanelMenu.Button {
         this._addSettingChangedSignal('hot-sensors', this._querySensors.bind(this));
 
         this._addSettingChangedSignal('update-time', this._updateTimeChanged.bind(this));
+        this._addSettingChangedSignal('wattd-update-time', this._wattdUpdateTimeChanged.bind(this));
         this._addSettingChangedSignal('position-in-panel', this._positionInPanelChanged.bind(this));
         this._addSettingChangedSignal('panel-box-index', this._positionInPanelChanged.bind(this));
         this._addSettingChangedSignal('show-icon-on-panel', this._showIconOnPanelChanged.bind(this));
@@ -369,7 +370,7 @@ class FreonMenuButton extends PanelMenu.Button {
 
     _initWattdUtility() {
         if (this._settings.get_boolean('use-generic-wattd'))
-            this._utils.wattd = new WattdUtil();
+            this._utils.wattd = new WattdUtil(this._settings.get_int('wattd-update-time'));
     }
 
     _destroyWattdUtility() {
@@ -386,6 +387,12 @@ class FreonMenuButton extends PanelMenu.Button {
         this._updateUI(true);
     }
 
+    _wattdUpdateTimeChanged() {
+        if (this._utils.wattd)
+            this._utils.wattd.interval = this._settings.get_int('wattd-update-time');
+        this._querySensors();
+    }
+
     _initNvidiaUtility() {
         if (this._settings.get_boolean('use-gpu-nvidia'))
             this._utils.nvidia = new NvidiaUtil();
@@ -837,8 +844,8 @@ class FreonMenuButton extends PanelMenu.Button {
                     icon: _icon,
                     type: 'power',
                     label: power.label,
-                    value: _("%s%.2f%s").format(((power.power >= 0) ? '+' : ''),
-                    power.power, unit)});
+                    value: _("%.2f%s").format(power.power, unit)
+                });
             }
 
             this._fixNames(sensors);
diff --git a/freon@UshakovVasilii_Github.yahoo.com/prefs.js b/freon@UshakovVasilii_Github.yahoo.com/prefs.js
index 1f6adda..ff34079 100644
--- a/freon@UshakovVasilii_Github.yahoo.com/prefs.js
+++ b/freon@UshakovVasilii_Github.yahoo.com/prefs.js
@@ -112,7 +112,25 @@ export default class FreonPreferences extends ExtensionPreferences {
 
         group.add(this._addSwitch("lm-sensors", "use-generic-lmsensors", "Read sensors from lm-sensors"));
         group.add(this._addSwitch("liquidctl", "use-generic-liquidctl", "Read sensors from liquidctl (v1.7.0+)"));
-        group.add(this._addSwitch("wattd", "use-generic-wattd", "Read power data from wattd"));
+        const wattdSwitch = this._addSwitch("wattd", "use-generic-wattd", "Read power data from wattd");
+        group.add(wattdSwitch);
+
+        const wattdInterval = new Adw.SpinRow({
+            title: _('Wattd Polling Interval'),
+            subtitle: _('Seconds between wattd updates'),
+            adjustment: new Gtk.Adjustment({
+                lower: 1,
+                upper: 300,
+                value: this._settings.get_int('wattd-update-time'),
+                step_increment: 1,
+            }),
+        });
+        this._settings.bind('wattd-update-time', wattdInterval, 'value', Gio.SettingsBindFlags.DEFAULT);
+        wattdInterval.sensitive = this._settings.get_boolean('use-generic-wattd');
+        this._settings.connect('changed::use-generic-wattd', () => {
+            wattdInterval.sensitive = this._settings.get_boolean('use-generic-wattd');
+        });
+        group.add(wattdInterval);
 
         const freeimpi = new Adw.ComboRow({
             title: _('FreeIMPI'),
diff --git a/freon@UshakovVasilii_Github.yahoo.com/schemas/org.gnome.shell.extensions.sensors.gschema.xml b/freon@UshakovVasilii_Github.yahoo.com/schemas/org.gnome.shell.extensions.sensors.gschema.xml
index 7e30d68..d15166f 100644
--- a/freon@UshakovVasilii_Github.yahoo.com/schemas/org.gnome.shell.extensions.sensors.gschema.xml
+++ b/freon@UshakovVasilii_Github.yahoo.com/schemas/org.gnome.shell.extensions.sensors.gschema.xml
@@ -111,6 +111,12 @@
       <description>Read power sensors exposed by wattd</description>
     </key>
 
+    <key type="i" name="wattd-update-time">
+      <default>5</default>
+      <summary>Seconds before wattd update</summary>
+      <description>Seconds between wattd power refreshes</description>
+    </key>
+
     <key type="b" name="use-gpu-nvidia">
       <default>false</default>
       <summary>Read GPU sensors from NVIDIA driver</summary>
diff --git a/freon@UshakovVasilii_Github.yahoo.com/wattdUtil.js b/freon@UshakovVasilii_Github.yahoo.com/wattdUtil.js
index b3a0de6..fabf759 100644
--- a/freon@UshakovVasilii_Github.yahoo.com/wattdUtil.js
+++ b/freon@UshakovVasilii_Github.yahoo.com/wattdUtil.js
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@ import GLib from 'gi://GLib';
 
 export default class WattdUtil {
 
-    constructor() {
+    constructor(intervalSeconds = 5) {
         this._powerDir = '/run/power';
         this._readings = [];
         this._updated = false;
         this._available = GLib.file_test(this._powerDir, GLib.FileTest.IS_DIR);
+        this._intervalUsec = 0;
+        this._lastUpdateUsec = 0;
+        this.interval = intervalSeconds;
     }
 
     get available() {
@@ -23,6 +26,14 @@ export default class WattdUtil {
     }
 
     execute(callback) {
+        const nowUsec = GLib.get_monotonic_time();
+        const remaining = this._intervalUsec - (nowUsec - this._lastUpdateUsec);
+        if (this._intervalUsec > 0 && this._lastUpdateUsec !== 0 && remaining > 0) {
+            if (callback)
+                callback();
+            return;
+        }
+
         this._updated = false;
         this._readings = [];
 
@@ -76,6 +87,7 @@ export default class WattdUtil {
             this._available = false;
             this._readings = [];
         } finally {
+            this._lastUpdateUsec = nowUsec;
             this._updated = true;
             if (callback)
                 callback();
@@ -88,6 +100,13 @@ export default class WattdUtil {
 
     destroy() {
         this._readings = [];
+        this._lastUpdateUsec = 0;
+    }
+
+    set interval(seconds) {
+        const clamped = Math.max(1, seconds | 0);
+        this._intervalUsec = clamped * 1000000;
+        this._lastUpdateUsec = 0;
     }
 
     _formatLabel(name) {