diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/ProcessInstanceListTable.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/ProcessInstanceListTable.tsx
index 870dc4408..81b644d1a 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/ProcessInstanceListTable.tsx
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/ProcessInstanceListTable.tsx
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ import {
   getProcessModelFullIdentifierFromSearchParams,
   modifyProcessIdentifierForPathParam,
   refreshAtInterval,
+  REFRESH_INTERVAL_SECONDS,
+  REFRESH_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
 } from '../helpers';
 import { useUriListForPermissions } from '../hooks/UriListForPermissions';
 
@@ -68,9 +70,6 @@ import useAPIError from '../hooks/UseApiError';
 import { usePermissionFetcher } from '../hooks/PermissionService';
 import { Can } from '../contexts/Can';
 
-const REFRESH_INTERVAL = 5;
-const REFRESH_TIMEOUT = 600;
-
 type OwnProps = {
   filtersEnabled?: boolean;
   processModelFullIdentifier?: string;
@@ -389,8 +388,8 @@ export default function ProcessInstanceListTable({
     checkFiltersAndRun();
     if (autoReload) {
       return refreshAtInterval(
-        REFRESH_INTERVAL,
-        REFRESH_TIMEOUT,
+        REFRESH_INTERVAL_SECONDS,
+        REFRESH_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
         checkFiltersAndRun
       );
     }
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/TaskListTable.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/TaskListTable.tsx
index 1951b4cc7..b6901f73e 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/TaskListTable.tsx
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/TaskListTable.tsx
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ import {
   getPageInfoFromSearchParams,
   modifyProcessIdentifierForPathParam,
   refreshAtInterval,
+  REFRESH_INTERVAL_SECONDS,
+  REFRESH_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
 } from '../helpers';
 import HttpService from '../services/HttpService';
 import { PaginationObject, ProcessInstanceTask } from '../interfaces';
 import TableCellWithTimeAgoInWords from './TableCellWithTimeAgoInWords';
 
 const PER_PAGE_FOR_TASKS_ON_HOME_PAGE = 5;
-const REFRESH_INTERVAL = 5;
-const REFRESH_TIMEOUT = 600;
 
 type OwnProps = {
   apiPath: string;
@@ -89,7 +89,11 @@ export default function TaskListTable({
     };
     getTasks();
     if (autoReload) {
-      return refreshAtInterval(REFRESH_INTERVAL, REFRESH_TIMEOUT, getTasks);
+      return refreshAtInterval(
+        REFRESH_INTERVAL_SECONDS,
+        REFRESH_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
+        getTasks
+      );
     }
     return undefined;
   }, [
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/helpers.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/helpers.tsx
index 88ab15227..273e12ae9 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/helpers.tsx
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/helpers.tsx
@@ -270,3 +270,11 @@ export const encodeBase64 = (data: string) => {
 export const decodeBase64 = (data: string) => {
   return Buffer.from(data, 'base64').toString('ascii');
 };
+
+const MINUTES_IN_HOUR = 60;
+const SECONDS_IN_MINUTE = 60;
+const SECONDS_IN_HOUR = MINUTES_IN_HOUR * SECONDS_IN_MINUTE;
+const FOUR_HOURS_IN_SECONDS = SECONDS_IN_HOUR * 4;
+
+export const REFRESH_INTERVAL_SECONDS = 5;
+export const REFRESH_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = FOUR_HOURS_IN_SECONDS;
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/MyTasks.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/MyTasks.tsx
index 3daaaef6a..810c811bf 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/MyTasks.tsx
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/MyTasks.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import {
   getPageInfoFromSearchParams,
   modifyProcessIdentifierForPathParam,
   refreshAtInterval,
+  REFRESH_INTERVAL_SECONDS,
+  REFRESH_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
 } from '../helpers';
 import HttpService from '../services/HttpService';
 import {
@@ -19,8 +21,6 @@ import {
 import ProcessInstanceRun from '../components/ProcessInstanceRun';
 
 const PER_PAGE_FOR_TASKS_ON_HOME_PAGE = 5;
-const REFRESH_INTERVAL = 5;
-const REFRESH_TIMEOUT = 600;
 
 export default function MyTasks() {
   const [searchParams] = useSearchParams();
@@ -46,7 +46,11 @@ export default function MyTasks() {
     };
 
     getTasks();
-    refreshAtInterval(REFRESH_INTERVAL, REFRESH_TIMEOUT, getTasks);
+    refreshAtInterval(
+      REFRESH_INTERVAL_SECONDS,
+      REFRESH_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
+      getTasks
+    );
   }, [searchParams]);
 
   const processInstanceRunResultTag = () => {