diff --git a/lib/payments.js b/lib/payments.js
index a27574d..72c0288 100644
--- a/lib/payments.js
+++ b/lib/payments.js
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ let paymentQueue = async.queue(function (paymentDetails, callback) {
      payments Payment made: {"id":"0","jsonrpc":"2.0","result":{"fee":40199391255,"tx_hash":"c418708643f72635edf522490bfb2cae9d42a6dc1df30dcde844862dfd88f5b3","tx_key":""}} +2s
      */
     if (paymentTimer !== null){
-        paymentTimer.cancel();
+        clearInterval(paymentTimer);
         paymentTimer = null;
     }
     debug("Making payment based on: " + JSON.stringify(paymentDetails));