diff --git a/config/honeypot.php b/config/honeypot.php
index 23a281d..8266e15 100644
--- a/config/honeypot.php
+++ b/config/honeypot.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
      * If the form is submitted faster than this amount of seconds
      * the form submission will be considered invalid.
      */
-    'amount_of_seconds' => env('HONEYPOT_SECONDS', 3),
+    'amount_of_seconds' => (int) env('HONEYPOT_SECONDS', 3),
 
     /*
      * This class is responsible for sending a response to requests that