diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.awattar/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/awattar/internal/handler/AwattarBridgeHandler.java b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.awattar/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/awattar/internal/handler/AwattarBridgeHandler.java
index 92e0ac08a1f..063148bec6d 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.awattar/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/awattar/internal/handler/AwattarBridgeHandler.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.awattar/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/awattar/internal/handler/AwattarBridgeHandler.java
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public class AwattarBridgeHandler extends BaseBridgeHandler {
                 return;
         }
 
-        dataRefresher = scheduler.scheduleWithFixedDelay(this::refreshIfNeeded, 0, DATA_REFRESH_INTERVAL * 1000,
+        dataRefresher = scheduler.scheduleWithFixedDelay(this::refreshIfNeeded, 0, DATA_REFRESH_INTERVAL * 1000L,
                 TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
     }
 
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ public class AwattarBridgeHandler extends BaseBridgeHandler {
         if (needRefresh()) {
             refresh();
         }
-        updateStatus(ThingStatus.ONLINE);
     }
 
     private void refresh() {
@@ -199,7 +198,7 @@ public class AwattarBridgeHandler extends BaseBridgeHandler {
         }
 
         // if the local cache is empty, we need to refresh
-        if (prices != null) {
+        if (prices == null) {
             return true;
         }
 
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.awattar/src/test/java/org/openhab/binding/awattar/internal/handler/AwattarBridgeHandlerRefreshTest.java b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.awattar/src/test/java/org/openhab/binding/awattar/internal/handler/AwattarBridgeHandlerRefreshTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..afdf8892e99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.awattar/src/test/java/org/openhab/binding/awattar/internal/handler/AwattarBridgeHandlerRefreshTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2010-2024 Contributors to the openHAB project
+ *
+ * See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
+ * information.
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+ * terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+ */
+package org.openhab.binding.awattar.internal.handler;
+
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.*;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.time.ZoneId;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
+
+import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNullByDefault;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.client.HttpClient;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.client.api.ContentResponse;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.client.api.Request;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpMethod;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
+import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoSettings;
+import org.mockito.quality.Strictness;
+import org.openhab.binding.awattar.internal.AwattarBindingConstants;
+import org.openhab.core.i18n.TimeZoneProvider;
+import org.openhab.core.test.java.JavaTest;
+import org.openhab.core.thing.Bridge;
+import org.openhab.core.thing.Thing;
+import org.openhab.core.thing.ThingStatus;
+import org.openhab.core.thing.ThingStatusDetail;
+import org.openhab.core.thing.ThingStatusInfo;
+import org.openhab.core.thing.ThingUID;
+import org.openhab.core.thing.binding.ThingHandlerCallback;
+
+/**
+ * The {@link AwattarBridgeHandlerRefreshTest} contains tests for the {@link AwattarBridgeHandler} refresh logic.
+ *
+ * @author Thomas Leber - Initial contribution
+ */
+@ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
+@MockitoSettings(strictness = Strictness.LENIENT)
+@NonNullByDefault
+public class AwattarBridgeHandlerRefreshTest extends JavaTest {
+    public static final ThingUID BRIDGE_UID = new ThingUID(AwattarBindingConstants.THING_TYPE_BRIDGE, "testBridge");
+
+    // bridge mocks
+    private @Mock @NonNullByDefault({}) Bridge bridgeMock;
+    private @Mock @NonNullByDefault({}) ThingHandlerCallback bridgeCallbackMock;
+    private @Mock @NonNullByDefault({}) HttpClient httpClientMock;
+    private @Mock @NonNullByDefault({}) TimeZoneProvider timeZoneProviderMock;
+    private @Mock @NonNullByDefault({}) Request requestMock;
+    private @Mock @NonNullByDefault({}) ContentResponse contentResponseMock;
+
+    // best price handler mocks
+    private @Mock @NonNullByDefault({}) Thing bestpriceMock;
+    private @Mock @NonNullByDefault({}) ThingHandlerCallback bestPriceCallbackMock;
+
+    private @NonNullByDefault({}) AwattarBridgeHandler bridgeHandler;
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    public void setUp() throws IOException, ExecutionException, InterruptedException, TimeoutException {
+        try (InputStream inputStream = AwattarBridgeHandlerRefreshTest.class.getResourceAsStream("api_response.json")) {
+            if (inputStream == null) {
+                throw new IOException("inputstream is null");
+            }
+            byte[] bytes = inputStream.readAllBytes();
+            if (bytes == null) {
+                throw new IOException("Resulting byte-array empty");
+            }
+            when(contentResponseMock.getContentAsString()).thenReturn(new String(bytes, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+        }
+        when(contentResponseMock.getStatus()).thenReturn(HttpStatus.OK_200);
+        when(httpClientMock.newRequest(anyString())).thenReturn(requestMock);
+        when(requestMock.method(HttpMethod.GET)).thenReturn(requestMock);
+        when(requestMock.timeout(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS)).thenReturn(requestMock);
+        when(requestMock.send()).thenReturn(contentResponseMock);
+
+        when(timeZoneProviderMock.getTimeZone()).thenReturn(ZoneId.of("GMT+2"));
+
+        bridgeHandler = new AwattarBridgeHandler(bridgeMock, httpClientMock, timeZoneProviderMock);
+        bridgeHandler.setCallback(bridgeCallbackMock);
+
+        when(bridgeMock.getHandler()).thenReturn(bridgeHandler);
+
+        // other mocks
+        when(bestpriceMock.getBridgeUID()).thenReturn(BRIDGE_UID);
+
+        when(bestPriceCallbackMock.getBridge(any())).thenReturn(bridgeMock);
+        when(bestPriceCallbackMock.isChannelLinked(any())).thenReturn(true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test the refreshIfNeeded method with a bridge that is offline.
+     *
+     * @throws SecurityException
+     */
+    @Test
+    void testRefreshIfNeeded_ThingOffline() throws SecurityException {
+        when(bridgeMock.getStatus()).thenReturn(ThingStatus.OFFLINE);
+
+        bridgeHandler.refreshIfNeeded();
+
+        verify(bridgeCallbackMock).statusUpdated(bridgeMock,
+                new ThingStatusInfo(ThingStatus.ONLINE, ThingStatusDetail.NONE, null));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test the refreshIfNeeded method with a bridge that is online and the data is empty.
+     *
+     * @throws SecurityException
+     */
+    @Test
+    void testRefreshIfNeeded_DataEmptry() throws SecurityException {
+        when(bridgeMock.getStatus()).thenReturn(ThingStatus.ONLINE);
+
+        bridgeHandler.refreshIfNeeded();
+
+        verify(bridgeCallbackMock).statusUpdated(bridgeMock,
+                new ThingStatusInfo(ThingStatus.ONLINE, ThingStatusDetail.NONE, null));
+    }
+}