diff --git a/source/RobotAPI/components/units/ForceTorqueObserver.cpp b/source/RobotAPI/components/units/ForceTorqueObserver.cpp
index f6f0d4ddf1e2b133808f79ecd6148c846d557aa6..8f0305101f8aeef91051e05600af0828d80a8ba2 100644
--- a/source/RobotAPI/components/units/ForceTorqueObserver.cpp
+++ b/source/RobotAPI/components/units/ForceTorqueObserver.cpp
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ void ForceTorqueObserver::onConnectObserver()
     debugDrawer = getTopic<DebugDrawerInterfacePrx>("DebugDrawerUpdates");
     if (getProperty<bool>("VisualizeForce").getValue())
     {
-        visualizerTask = new PeriodicTask<ForceTorqueObserver>(this, &ForceTorqueObserver::visualizerFunction, getProperty<int>("VisualizeForceUpdateFrequency").getValue(), false, "visualizerFunction");
+        visualizerTask = new PeriodicTask<ForceTorqueObserver>(this, &ForceTorqueObserver::visualizerFunction, 1000 / getProperty<int>("VisualizeForceUpdateFrequency").getValue(), false, "visualizerFunction");
         visualizerTask->start();
     }
 
diff --git a/source/RobotAPI/components/units/ForceTorqueObserver.h b/source/RobotAPI/components/units/ForceTorqueObserver.h
index a9a8ee3a9a1aacd36a1b35661c518cdfbfa1df2b..3134ceee1ccb121976a5f5a9a429a960f6d04f86 100644
--- a/source/RobotAPI/components/units/ForceTorqueObserver.h
+++ b/source/RobotAPI/components/units/ForceTorqueObserver.h
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ namespace armarx
         {
             defineRequiredProperty<std::string>("ForceTorqueTopicName", "Name of the ForceTorqueUnit Topic");
             defineOptionalProperty<bool>("VisualizeForce", true, "Visualize the force with an arrow in the debug drawer");
-            defineOptionalProperty<int>("VisualizeForceUpdateFrequency", 20, "Frequency with which the force is visualized");
-            defineOptionalProperty<float>("ForceVisualizerFactor", 0.01, "Factor by which the forces are scaled to fit into 0..1 (only for visulization) ");
+            defineOptionalProperty<int>("VisualizeForceUpdateFrequency", 30, "Frequency with which the force is visualized");
+            defineOptionalProperty<float>("ForceVisualizerFactor", 0.01f, "Factor by which the forces are scaled to fit into 0..1 (only for visulization) ");
             defineOptionalProperty<float>("MaxForceArrowLength", 150, "Length of the force visu arrow in mm");
         }
     };