diff --git a/drivers/digitalocean/digitalocean.go b/drivers/digitalocean/digitalocean.go
index 5cdf0bb43e04548dc03711313baf5459dea36bc5..5f86bccf669539bcf29258af3b0e947a44aff324 100644
--- a/drivers/digitalocean/digitalocean.go
+++ b/drivers/digitalocean/digitalocean.go
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ func (d *Driver) Create() (err error) {
 		}
 		try++
 
-		d.sleep(2, 8)
+		d.sleep(time.Second*2, time.Second*8)
 	}
 
 	log.Infof("Created droplet ID %d, IP address %s",