diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Workflow/Activity/CleanTempStorage.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Workflow/Activity/CleanTempStorage.pm
index 653467ac5..3e2b0ac49 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Workflow/Activity/CleanTempStorage.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Workflow/Activity/CleanTempStorage.pm
@@ -102,8 +102,9 @@ See WebGUI::Workflow::Activity::execute() for details.
 =cut
 
 sub execute {
-	my $self = shift;
+    my $self  = shift;
     my $start = time();
+    my $stop  = $start + $self->getTTL;
 
     # kill temporary assets
     my $tempspace = WebGUI::Asset->getTempspace($self->session);
@@ -125,11 +126,11 @@ sub execute {
             }
         }
         # taking too long, give up
-        return $self->WAITING(1) if (time() - $start > $self->getTTL);
+        return $self->WAITING(1) if (time() > $stop);
     }
 
     # kill temporary files
-	return $self->recurseFileSystem($start, $self->session->config->get("uploadsPath")."/temp");
+	return $self->recurseFileSystem($stop, $self->session->config->get("uploadsPath")."/temp");
 }
 
 
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ The starting path.
 
 sub recurseFileSystem {
 	my $self = shift;
-    my $start = shift;
+    my $stop = shift;
 	my $path = shift;
     if (opendir(DIR,$path)) {
         my @filelist = readdir(DIR);
@@ -155,10 +156,10 @@ sub recurseFileSystem {
         foreach my $file (@filelist) {
             unless ($file eq "." || $file eq "..") {
                 # taking too long, time to abort
-                return $self->WAITING(1) if (time() - $start > 50);             
+                return $self->WAITING(1) if (time() > $stop);             
 
                 # must search for children
-                $self->recurseFileSystem($start, $path."/".$file);
+                $self->recurseFileSystem($stop, $path."/".$file);
 
                 # if it's old enough, let's kill it
                 if ($self->checkFileAge($path."/".$file)) {
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Workflow/Activity/ExpirePurchasedThingyRecords.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Workflow/Activity/ExpirePurchasedThingyRecords.pm
index 27600d537..9a7479439 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Workflow/Activity/ExpirePurchasedThingyRecords.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Workflow/Activity/ExpirePurchasedThingyRecords.pm
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ sub execute {
         $msg->addHtml( $self->get('notificationMessage') );
         $msg->queue;
 
-        if ( time - $time > 60 ) {
+        if ( time - $time > $self->getTTL ) {
             return $self->WAITING(1);
         }
     }
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ sub execute {
 
         $asset->deleteThingRecord( $asset->get('thingId'), $record->getId );
 
-        if ( time - $time > 60 ) {
+        if ( time - $time > $self->getTTL ) {
             return $self->WAITING(1);
         }
     }
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Workflow/Activity/ExtendCalendarRecurrences.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Workflow/Activity/ExtendCalendarRecurrences.pm
index 5f85b184e..2b4ff6a94 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Workflow/Activity/ExtendCalendarRecurrences.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Workflow/Activity/ExtendCalendarRecurrences.pm
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ See WebGUI::Workflow::Activity::execute() for details.
 
 sub execute {
     my ( $self, $obj, $instance ) = @_;
-    my $timeLimit = time + 55;
+    my $timeLimit = time + self->getTTL;
 
     my $piped = $instance->getScratch('recurrences')
         || $self->generateRecurrenceList();