diff --git a/sqs/sqs.go b/sqs/sqs.go
index a0891393364166c3c85947c6fd30b3b85a0c0061..0d0259ff033a771a50034fe9cca477a5cc87eb3d 100644
--- a/sqs/sqs.go
+++ b/sqs/sqs.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"gitlab.bob.co.za/bob-public-utils/bobgroup-go-utils/utils"
 	"io"
 	"time"
 
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ type Messenger struct {
 	S3Client           *s3.ClientWithHelpers
 	S3BucketName       string
 	MessageGroupID     *string
-	DelaySeconds       int32
+	DelaySeconds       *int64
 	RequestIDHeaderKey string
 }
 
@@ -79,8 +80,12 @@ func (m *Messenger) SendSQSMessage(headers map[string]string, body string, curre
 
 	// SQS has max of 15 minutes delay
 	// https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSSimpleQueueService/latest/APIReference/API_SendMessage.html
-	if m.DelaySeconds != 0 && m.DelaySeconds > 900 {
-		m.DelaySeconds = 900
+	var delaySeconds int32
+	if m.DelaySeconds != nil {
+		if *m.DelaySeconds > 900 {
+			m.DelaySeconds = utils.ValueToPointer(int64(900))
+		}
+		delaySeconds = int32(*m.DelaySeconds)
 	}
 
 	var res *sqs.SendMessageOutput
@@ -90,7 +95,7 @@ func (m *Messenger) SendSQSMessage(headers map[string]string, body string, curre
 		MessageBody:       aws.String(body),
 		QueueUrl:          &m.QueueURL,
 		MessageGroupId:    m.MessageGroupID,
-		DelaySeconds:      m.DelaySeconds,
+		DelaySeconds:      delaySeconds,
 	})
 
 	if err != nil {
@@ -104,8 +109,8 @@ func SendSQSMessage(msgr Messenger, objectToSend interface{}, currentRequestID *
 
 	if isDebug {
 		go func() {
-			if msgr.DelaySeconds != 0 {
-				delay := msgr.DelaySeconds
+			if msgr.DelaySeconds != nil {
+				delay := *msgr.DelaySeconds
 				time.Sleep(time.Second * time.Duration(delay))
 			}
 			resty.New().R().