diff --git a/package/gluon-geolocator/luasrc/lib/gluon/upgrade/540-geolocator-interval b/package/gluon-geolocator/luasrc/lib/gluon/upgrade/540-geolocator-interval
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+#!/usr/bin/lua
+
+local site = require 'gluon.site_config'
+local uci = require('simple-uci').cursor()
+local config = 'geolocator'
+local refresh_interval = uci:get(config, uci:get_first(config, 'settings'), 'refresh_interval')
+
+local default_refresh_interval = 43200 --12h
+if site.config_mode.geolocator.interval then
+  default_refresh_interval = tonumber(site.config_mode.geolocator.interval)
+end
+
+if not refresh_interval then
+  uci:set(config, uci:get_first(config, 'settings'), 'refresh_interval', default_refresh_interval)
+  uci:save(config)
+end
+