diff --git a/NostrStreamer/Config.cs b/NostrStreamer/Config.cs
index 9c01ff0..1930588 100644
--- a/NostrStreamer/Config.cs
+++ b/NostrStreamer/Config.cs
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ public class Config
     public LndConfig Lnd { get; init; } = null!;
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Cost/min
+    /// Cost/min (milli-sats)
     /// </summary>
-    public int Cost { get; init; } = 10;
+    public int Cost { get; init; } = 10_000;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// List of video variants
diff --git a/NostrStreamer/Controllers/NostrController.cs b/NostrStreamer/Controllers/NostrController.cs
index 21faa7d..c6ef4bb 100644
--- a/NostrStreamer/Controllers/NostrController.cs
+++ b/NostrStreamer/Controllers/NostrController.cs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public class NostrController : Controller
             user = new()
             {
                 PubKey = pk,
-                Balance = 1000,
+                Balance = 1000_000,
                 StreamKey = Guid.NewGuid().ToString()
             };
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class NostrController : Controller
             {
                 Unit = "min",
                 Rate = _config.Cost,
-                Remaining = user.Balance
+                Remaining = (long)Math.Floor(user.Balance / 1000m)
             }
         };
 
diff --git a/NostrStreamer/Database/User.cs b/NostrStreamer/Database/User.cs
index f01f995..0db3880 100644
--- a/NostrStreamer/Database/User.cs
+++ b/NostrStreamer/Database/User.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ public class User
     public string? Event { get; set; }
     
     /// <summary>
-    /// Sats balance
+    /// Milli sats balance
     /// </summary>
     public long Balance { get; set; }
     
diff --git a/NostrStreamer/Migrations/20230713140000_MillisatsBalance.cs b/NostrStreamer/Migrations/20230713140000_MillisatsBalance.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06afe09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NostrStreamer/Migrations/20230713140000_MillisatsBalance.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using NostrStreamer.Database;
+
+namespace NostrStreamer.Migrations;
+
+[DbContext(typeof(StreamerContext))]
+[Migration("20230713140000_MillisatsBalance")]
+public class MillisatsBalance : Migration {
+    
+    protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+    {
+        migrationBuilder.Sql("update \"Users\" set \"Balance\" = \"Balance\" * 1000");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/NostrStreamer/Services/LndInvoiceStream.cs b/NostrStreamer/Services/LndInvoiceStream.cs
index 9edc969..dfb80ca 100644
--- a/NostrStreamer/Services/LndInvoiceStream.cs
+++ b/NostrStreamer/Services/LndInvoiceStream.cs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public class LndInvoicesStream : BackgroundService
                             if (payment is {IsPaid: false} && msg.State is Invoice.Types.InvoiceState.Settled)
                             {
                                 payment.IsPaid = true;
-                                payment.User.Balance += (long)payment.Amount;
+                                payment.User.Balance += (long)(payment.Amount * 1000L);
                                 await db.SaveChangesAsync(stoppingToken);
                             }
                         }
diff --git a/NostrStreamer/Services/StreamManager.cs b/NostrStreamer/Services/StreamManager.cs
index 5ecc08b..677b378 100644
--- a/NostrStreamer/Services/StreamManager.cs
+++ b/NostrStreamer/Services/StreamManager.cs
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ public class StreamManager
         var user = await GetUserFromStreamKey(streamKey);
         if (user == default) throw new Exception("No stream key found");
 
-        const long balanceAlertThreshold = 500;
-        var cost = (int)Math.Ceiling(_config.Cost * (duration / 60d));
+        const long balanceAlertThreshold = 500_000;
+        var cost = (long)Math.Ceiling(_config.Cost * (duration / 60d));
         if (cost > 0)
         {
             await _db.Users
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ public class StreamManager
                 .ExecuteUpdateAsync(o => o.SetProperty(v => v.Balance, v => v.Balance - cost));
         }
 
-        _logger.LogInformation("Stream consumed {n} seconds for {pubkey} costing {cost} sats", duration, user.PubKey, cost);
+        _logger.LogInformation("Stream consumed {n} seconds for {pubkey} costing {cost:#,##0} milli-sats", duration, user.PubKey, cost);
         if (user.Balance >= balanceAlertThreshold && user.Balance - cost < balanceAlertThreshold)
         {
             _nostr.Send(new NostrEventRequest(CreateStreamChat(user,
-                $"Your balance is below {balanceAlertThreshold} sats, please topup")));
+                $"Your balance is below {(int)(balanceAlertThreshold / 1000m)} sats, please topup")));
         }
 
         if (user.Balance <= 0)
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ public class StreamManager
         if (status == "live")
         {
             var starts = existingEvent?.Tags?.FindFirstTagValue("starts") ?? DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.ToUnixTimeSeconds().ToString();
-            tags.Add(new ("starts", starts));
+            tags.Add(new("starts", starts));
             tags.Add(
                 new("current_participants",
                     (viewers.HasValue ? viewers.ToString() : null) ??