diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Xml/BaseItemXmlParser.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Xml/BaseItemXmlParser.cs
index 4602a37780..ed8afd5a70 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Xml/BaseItemXmlParser.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Xml/BaseItemXmlParser.cs
@@ -384,14 +384,14 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Xml
                             break;
 
                         case "Duration":
-                            item.RunTime = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(reader.ReadIntSafe());
+                            item.RunTimeInSeconds = reader.ReadIntSafe() * 60;
                             break;
 
                         case "DurationSeconds":
                             int seconds = reader.ReadIntSafe();
                             if (seconds > 0)
                             {
-                                item.RunTime = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(seconds);
+                                item.RunTimeInSeconds = seconds;
                             }
                             break;
 
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Model/Entities/BaseItem.cs b/MediaBrowser.Model/Entities/BaseItem.cs
index 46f859c9dc..8a1ded03b9 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Model/Entities/BaseItem.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Model/Entities/BaseItem.cs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Entities
         public string DisplayMediaType { get; set; }
 
         public float? UserRating { get; set; }
-        public TimeSpan? RunTime { get; set; }
+        public int? RunTimeInSeconds { get; set; }
 
         public string AspectRatio { get; set; }
         public int? ProductionYear { get; set; }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.TV/Metadata/SeriesXmlParser.cs b/MediaBrowser.TV/Metadata/SeriesXmlParser.cs
index 092cf9b307..d36e7ff4be 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.TV/Metadata/SeriesXmlParser.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.TV/Metadata/SeriesXmlParser.cs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.TV.Metadata
                             int runtime;
                             if (int.TryParse(text.Split(' ')[0], out runtime))
                             {
-                                item.RunTime = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(runtime);
+                                item.RunTimeInSeconds = runtime * 60;
                             }
                         }
                         break;