diff --git a/src/growlDirective.js b/src/growlDirective.js
index 6a40ed3..a984155 100644
--- a/src/growlDirective.js
+++ b/src/growlDirective.js
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ angular.module("angular-growl").directive("growl", [
         inline: '=',
         limitMessages: '='
       },
-      controller: ['$scope', '$timeout', 'growl', 'growlMessages',
-        function ($scope, $timeout, growl, growlMessages) {
+      controller: ['$scope', '$interval', 'growl', 'growlMessages',
+        function ($scope, $interval, growl, growlMessages) {
           $scope.referenceId = $scope.reference || 0;
 
           growlMessages.initDirective($scope.referenceId, $scope.limitMessages);
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ angular.module("angular-growl").directive("growl", [
           $scope.stopTimeoutClose = function (message) {
             if (!message.clickToClose) {
               angular.forEach(message.promises, function (promise) {
-                $timeout.cancel(promise);
+                $interval.cancel(promise);
               });
               if (message.close) {
                 growlMessages.deleteMessage(message);
diff --git a/src/growlMessageService.js b/src/growlMessageService.js
index 7689adc..b53c5db 100644
--- a/src/growlMessageService.js
+++ b/src/growlMessageService.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-angular.module("angular-growl").service("growlMessages", ['$sce', '$timeout', function ($sce, $timeout) {
+angular.module("angular-growl").service("growlMessages", ['$sce', '$interval', function ($sce, $interval) {
   "use strict";
 
   this.directives = {};
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ angular.module("angular-growl").service("growlMessages", ['$sce', '$timeout', fu
       message.countdownFunction = function () {
         if (message.countdown > 1) {
           message.countdown--;
-          message.promises.push($timeout(message.countdownFunction, 1000));
+          message.promises.push($interval(message.countdownFunction, 1000, 1));
         } else {
           message.countdown--;
         }
@@ -130,10 +130,10 @@ angular.module("angular-growl").service("growlMessages", ['$sce', '$timeout', fu
 
     if (message.ttl && message.ttl !== -1) {
       //adds message timeout to promises and starts messages countdown function.
-      message.promises.push($timeout(angular.bind(this, function () {
+      message.promises.push($interval(angular.bind(this, function () {
         this.deleteMessage(message);
-      }), message.ttl));
-      message.promises.push($timeout(message.countdownFunction, 1000));
+      }), message.ttl, 1));
+      message.promises.push($interval(message.countdownFunction, 1000, 1));
     }
 
     return message;