diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Datastore/Converters/TimeSpanConverter.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Datastore/Converters/TimeSpanConverter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..902a26009
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Datastore/Converters/TimeSpanConverter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+using System;
+using System.Data;
+using Dapper;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Datastore.Converters
+{
+    public class DapperTimeSpanConverter : SqlMapper.TypeHandler<TimeSpan>
+    {
+        public override void SetValue(IDbDataParameter parameter, TimeSpan value)
+        {
+            parameter.Value = value.ToString();
+        }
+
+        public override TimeSpan Parse(object value)
+        {
+            return TimeSpan.Parse((string)value);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Datastore/TableMapping.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Datastore/TableMapping.cs
index 93a21b225..f1554484d 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Datastore/TableMapping.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Datastore/TableMapping.cs
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Datastore
 
             SqlMapper.RemoveTypeMap(typeof(DateTime));
             SqlMapper.AddTypeHandler(new DapperUtcConverter());
+            SqlMapper.AddTypeHandler(new DapperTimeSpanConverter());
             SqlMapper.AddTypeHandler(new DapperQualityIntConverter());
             SqlMapper.AddTypeHandler(new EmbeddedDocumentConverter<List<QualityProfileQualityItem>>(new QualityIntConverter()));
             SqlMapper.AddTypeHandler(new EmbeddedDocumentConverter<QualityModel>(new QualityIntConverter()));