diff --git a/setup/mods.available/hooks/logwatch-hooks.py b/setup/mods.available/hooks/logwatch-hooks.py
index 7dcd0446..e38d5201 100644
--- a/setup/mods.available/hooks/logwatch-hooks.py
+++ b/setup/mods.available/hooks/logwatch-hooks.py
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ def do_hook(hook_name, hook_data, mods_env):
             "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
             time.localtime(since_mtime)
         )
-        since = 'since %s for that second' % local_str
+        # "for that second" can cause logwatch to hang and peg cpu at 100%
+        # since = 'since %s for that second' % local_str
+        since = 'since %s for that minute' % local_str
         since_desc = 'since %s' % local_str
 
     # run logwatch