diff --git a/litellm/proxy/scheduled_tasks/endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/scheduled_tasks/endpoints.py
index 8d1c89b6215..1990eb6e646 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/scheduled_tasks/endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/scheduled_tasks/endpoints.py
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ async def create_scheduled_task(
         schedule_spec=data.schedule_spec,
         schedule_tz=data.schedule_tz,
         next_run_at=next_run_at,
-        expires_at=data.expires_at,
+        expires_at=expires_at,
         fire_once=fire_once,
     )
     return _row_to_response(row)
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/scheduled_tasks/schedule.py b/litellm/proxy/scheduled_tasks/schedule.py
index b4442224e1f..bb22df4e2f7 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/scheduled_tasks/schedule.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/scheduled_tasks/schedule.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from apscheduler.triggers.cron import (  # type: ignore[import-not-found, import
 )
 
 
-_INTERVAL_RE = re.compile(r"^\s*(\d+)\s*([smhd])\s*$", re.IGNORECASE)
+_INTERVAL_RE = re.compile(r"^\s*([1-9]\d*)\s*([smhd])\s*$", re.IGNORECASE)
 _INTERVAL_UNITS = {
     "s": "seconds",
     "m": "minutes",