diff --git a/pkg/query-service/app/clickhouseReader/reader.go b/pkg/query-service/app/clickhouseReader/reader.go
index 255294d7a6..cd1ddf8c74 100644
--- a/pkg/query-service/app/clickhouseReader/reader.go
+++ b/pkg/query-service/app/clickhouseReader/reader.go
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ func (r *ClickHouseReader) SetTTL(ctx context.Context, ttlParams *model.TTLParam
 
 func (r *ClickHouseReader) GetTTL(ctx context.Context, ttlParams *model.GetTTLParams) (*model.GetTTLResponseItem, *model.ApiError) {
 
-	parseTTL := func(queryResp string) string {
+	parseTTL := func(queryResp string) int {
 		values := strings.Split(queryResp, " ")
 		N := len(values)
 		ttlIdx := -1
@@ -868,12 +868,17 @@ func (r *ClickHouseReader) GetTTL(ctx context.Context, ttlParams *model.GetTTLPa
 			}
 		}
 		if ttlIdx == -1 {
-			return ""
+			return ttlIdx
 		}
 
 		output := strings.SplitN(values[ttlIdx], "(", 2)
 		timePart := strings.Trim(output[1], ")")
-		return timePart
+		seconds_int, err := strconv.Atoi(timePart)
+		if err != nil {
+			return -1
+		}
+		ttl_hrs := seconds_int / 3600
+		return ttl_hrs
 	}
 
 	getMetricsTTL := func() (*model.DBResponseTTL, *model.ApiError) {
diff --git a/pkg/query-service/go.sum b/pkg/query-service/go.sum
index b9c1276882..48d976f3c5 100644
--- a/pkg/query-service/go.sum
+++ b/pkg/query-service/go.sum
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ github.com/OneOfOne/xxhash v1.2.2 h1:KMrpdQIwFcEqXDklaen+P1axHaj9BSKzvpUUfnHldSE
 github.com/OneOfOne/xxhash v1.2.2/go.mod h1:HSdplMjZKSmBqAxg5vPj2TmRDmfkzw+cTzAElWljhcU=
 github.com/SigNoz/prometheus v1.9.4 h1:HqMPTM/QXgsjzuG5whSS+9l0mVePuya/uZmrAt2H9HQ=
 github.com/SigNoz/prometheus v1.9.4/go.mod h1:39/E+7N2hh5Q6NunhoRz9EHCRAyRGj63YK1hE4SiHdk=
+github.com/SigNoz/prometheus v1.9.5 h1:ITuK/71BFY3Hxv50/Upsvo6KJUdOxT7o6lCXmVxyLF0=
+github.com/SigNoz/prometheus v1.9.5/go.mod h1:BHEawFYBYkVr9BjPXsz9Ye6QVVQ+2a99m6r/S8hO/lA=
 github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20160405071501-a0175ee3bccc/go.mod h1:LOuyumcjzFXgccqObfd/Ljyb9UuFJ6TxHnclSeseNhc=
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20151022065526-2efee857e7cf/go.mod h1:ybxpYRFXyAe+OPACYpWeL0wqObRcbAqCMya13uyzqw0=
 github.com/antihax/optional v1.0.0/go.mod h1:uupD/76wgC+ih3iEmQUL+0Ugr19nfwCT1kdvxnR2qWY=
diff --git a/pkg/query-service/model/response.go b/pkg/query-service/model/response.go
index f35cfb306c..113e5ec5ea 100644
--- a/pkg/query-service/model/response.go
+++ b/pkg/query-service/model/response.go
@@ -205,6 +205,6 @@ type DBResponseTTL struct {
 }
 
 type GetTTLResponseItem struct {
-	MetricsTime string `json:"metrics_ttl_duration"`
-	TracesTime  string `json:"traces_ttl_duration"`
+	MetricsTime int `json:"metrics_ttl_duration_hrs"`
+	TracesTime  int `json:"traces_ttl_duration_hrs"`
 }