diff --git a/src/box/lua/load_cfg.lua b/src/box/lua/load_cfg.lua
index d412c2fd57feb8fbd3a29bd47b9d3ba3978b3642..39e0de7ddafd117750e569f85891410d98297424 100644
--- a/src/box/lua/load_cfg.lua
+++ b/src/box/lua/load_cfg.lua
@@ -52,9 +52,8 @@ local default_cfg = {
     coredump            = false,
 
     -- snap_daemon
-    snap_period         = 3600 * 4,
-    snap_check_period   = 60,
-    snap_count          = 6,
+    snapshot_period     = 3600 * 4,
+    snapshot_count      = 6,
 }
 
 -- dynamically settable options
@@ -67,9 +66,8 @@ local dynamic_cfg = {
     snap_io_rate_limit      = ffi.C.box_set_snap_io_rate_limit,
 
     -- snap_daemon
-    snap_period             = box.snap_daemon.set_snap_period,
-    snap_count              = box.snap_daemon.set_snap_count,
-    snap_check_period       = box.snap_daemon.set_snap_check_period,
+    snapshot_period         = box.internal.snap_daemon.set_snapshot_period,
+    snapshot_count          = box.internal.snap_daemon.set_snapshot_count,
 }
 
 local function reload_cfg(oldcfg, newcfg)
@@ -137,7 +135,7 @@ function box.cfg(cfg)
         })
     ffi.C.load_cfg()
 
-    box.snap_daemon.start()
+    box.internal.snap_daemon.start()
 end
 jit.off(box.cfg)
 jit.off(reload_cfg)
diff --git a/src/box/lua/snap_daemon.lua b/src/box/lua/snap_daemon.lua
index c9f045521e0cfa637cf2a1aa848960704618936a..aec2d047bf133f23a2f4be2d9e0162b402de0b1f 100644
--- a/src/box/lua/snap_daemon.lua
+++ b/src/box/lua/snap_daemon.lua
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ do
     -- create snapshot by several options
     local function make_snapshot(last_snap)
 
-        if box.cfg.snap_period == nil then
+        if box.cfg.snapshot_period == nil then
             return false
         end
 
-        if not(box.cfg.snap_period > 0) then
+        if not(box.cfg.snapshot_period > 0) then
             return false
         end
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ do
                 PREFIX, snaps[#snaps], errno.strerror())
             return false
         end
-        if snstat.mtime <= fiber.time() + box.cfg.snap_period then
+        if snstat.mtime <= fiber.time() + box.cfg.snapshot_period then
             return snapshot(snaps)
         end
     end
@@ -81,15 +81,15 @@ do
         end
 
         -- cleanup code
-        if box.cfg.snap_count == nil then
+        if box.cfg.snapshot_count == nil then
             return
         end
 
-        if not (box.cfg.snap_count > 0) then
+        if not (box.cfg.snapshot_count > 0) then
             return
         end
 
-        
+
         -- reload snap list after snapshot
         snaps = fio.glob(fio.pathjoin(box.cfg.snap_dir, '*.snap'))
         local xlogs = fio.glob(fio.pathjoin(box.cfg.wal_dir, '*.xlog'))
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ do
             return
         end
 
-        while #snaps > box.cfg.snap_count do
+        while #snaps > box.cfg.snapshot_count do
             local rm = snaps[1]
             table.remove(snaps, 1)
 
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ do
                 return
             end
         end
-        
+
 
         local snapno = fio.basename(snaps[1], '.snap')
 
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ do
             local rm = xlogs[1]
             table.remove(xlogs, 1)
             log.info("%s: Removing old xlog %s", PREFIX, rm)
-            
+
             if not fio.unlink(rm) then
                 log.error("%s: Error while removing %s: %s",
                     PREFIX, rm, errno.strerror())
@@ -141,12 +141,14 @@ do
 
 
     local function next_snap_interval()
-        local interval = box.cfg.snap_check_period or 15
-
-        if box.cfg.snap_period == nil or box.cfg.snap_period <= 0 then
+        local interval
+        
+        if box.cfg.snapshot_period == nil or box.cfg.snapshot_period <= 0 then
             return interval
         end
 
+        local interval = box.cfg.snapshot_period / 10
+
         local time = fiber.time()
         local snaps = fio.glob(fio.pathjoin(box.cfg.snap_dir, '*.snap'))
         if snaps == nil or #snaps == 0 then
@@ -162,11 +164,11 @@ do
 
 
         -- there is no activity in xlogs
-        if box.cfg.snap_period * 2 + stat.mtime < time then
+        if box.cfg.snapshot_period * 2 + stat.mtime < time then
             return interval
         end
 
-        local time_left = box.cfg.snap_period + stat.mtime - time
+        local time_left = box.cfg.snapshot_period + stat.mtime - time
         if time_left > 0 then
             return time_left
         end
@@ -198,7 +200,7 @@ do
     setmetatable(daemon, {
         __index = {
             start = function()
-                local daemon = box[PREFIX] or daemon
+                local daemon = box.internal[PREFIX] or daemon
                 if daemon.status == 'started' then
                     error(
                         sprintf("%s: %s", PREFIX, "Daemon is already started"))
@@ -208,7 +210,7 @@ do
             end,
 
             stop = function()
-                local daemon = box[PREFIX] or daemon
+                local daemon = box.internal[PREFIX] or daemon
                 if daemon.status == 'stopped' then
                     error(
                         sprintf('%s: %s', PREFIX, "Daemon is already stopped"))
@@ -220,39 +222,32 @@ do
                 daemon.fiber = nil
             end,
 
-            set_snap_period = function(snap_period)
-                local daemon = box[PREFIX] or daemon
-                log.info("%s: new snap_period: %s", PREFIX,
-                    tostring(snap_period))
+            set_snapshot_period = function(snapshot_period)
+                local daemon = box.internal[PREFIX] or daemon
+                log.info("%s: new snapshot_period: %s", PREFIX,
+                    tostring(snapshot_period))
                 if daemon.fiber ~= nil then
                     daemon.fiber:wakeup()
                 end
-                return snap_period
+                return snapshot_period
             end,
 
-            set_snap_count = function(snap_count)
-                local daemon = box[PREFIX] or daemon
-                log.info("%s: new snap_count: %s", PREFIX, tostring(snap_count))
-                
-                if daemon.fiber ~= nil then
-                    daemon.fiber:wakeup()
-                end
-                return snap_period
+            set_snapshot_count = function(snapshot_count)
+                local daemon = box.internal[PREFIX] or daemon
+                log.info("%s: new snapshot_count: %s",
+                    PREFIX, tostring(snapshot_count))
 
-            end,
-
-            set_snap_check_period = function(snap_check_period)
-                local daemon = box[PREFIX] or daemon
-                log.info("%s: new snap_check_period: %s", PREFIX,
-                    tostring(snap_check_period))
-                
                 if daemon.fiber ~= nil then
                     daemon.fiber:wakeup()
                 end
-                return snap_period
+                return snapshot_period
             end
         }
     })
 
-    box[PREFIX] = daemon
+    if box.internal == nil then
+        box.internal = { [PREFIX] = daemon }
+    else
+        box.internal[PREFIX] = daemon
+    end
 end
diff --git a/test/box/snap_daemon.result b/test/box/snap_daemon.result
index 0306b78949182d3acbdfeeb5c1adf739de6397b2..164ef5994ff2b5cfd7c4484584aeed08f48d24c9 100644
--- a/test/box/snap_daemon.result
+++ b/test/box/snap_daemon.result
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ space = box.schema.create_space('snap_daemon')
 space:create_index('pk', { type = 'tree', parts = { 1, 'num' }})
 ---
 ...
-box.cfg{snap_period = PERIOD, snap_check_period = PERIOD, snap_count = 2 }
+box.cfg{snapshot_period = PERIOD, snapshot_count = 2 }
 ---
 ...
 no = 1
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ fio.basename(snaps[1], '.snap') >= fio.basename(xlogs[1], '.xlog')
 - true
 ...
 -- restore default options
-box.cfg{snap_period = 3600 * 4, snap_check_period = 15, snap_count = 4 }
+box.cfg{snapshot_period = 3600 * 4, snapshot_count = 4 }
 ---
 ...
 space:drop()
diff --git a/test/box/snap_daemon.test.lua b/test/box/snap_daemon.test.lua
index 7360e38bea68936203b4fa63a679ee5108001e23..82eb4385640416b351de2673113962dfc5060bfc 100644
--- a/test/box/snap_daemon.test.lua
+++ b/test/box/snap_daemon.test.lua
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ space = box.schema.create_space('snap_daemon')
 space:create_index('pk', { type = 'tree', parts = { 1, 'num' }})
 
 
-box.cfg{snap_period = PERIOD, snap_check_period = PERIOD, snap_count = 2 }
+box.cfg{snapshot_period = PERIOD, snapshot_count = 2 }
 
 
 no = 1
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ xlogs = fio.glob(fio.pathjoin(box.cfg.wal_dir, '*.xlog'))
 fio.basename(snaps[1], '.snap') >= fio.basename(xlogs[1], '.xlog')
 
 -- restore default options
-box.cfg{snap_period = 3600 * 4, snap_check_period = 15, snap_count = 4 }
+box.cfg{snapshot_period = 3600 * 4, snapshot_count = 4 }
 space:drop()
 
 PERIOD