diff --git a/openpype/hosts/max/api/lib.py b/openpype/hosts/max/api/lib.py
index b21ce0f789..1673fc5ab8 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/max/api/lib.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/max/api/lib.py
@@ -150,10 +150,10 @@ def set_render_frame_range(start_frame, end_frame):
     Todo:
         Current type is hard-coded, there should be a custom setting for this.
     """
-    rt.rendTimeType = 4
+    rt.rendTimeType = 3
     if start_frame is not None and end_frame is not None:
-        frame_range = "{0}-{1}".format(start_frame, end_frame)
-        rt.rendPickupFrames = frame_range
+        rt.rendStart = int(start_frame)
+        rt.rendEnd = int(end_frame)
 
 
 def get_multipass_setting(project_setting=None):
diff --git a/openpype/hosts/max/plugins/publish/collect_render.py b/openpype/hosts/max/plugins/publish/collect_render.py
index 2742c36fc8..31f1eba409 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/max/plugins/publish/collect_render.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/max/plugins/publish/collect_render.py
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ class CollectRender(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
 
         self.log.debug(f"Setting {version_int} to context.")
         context.data["version"] = version_int
-        pattern = r"^(?P<start>-?[0-9]+)(?:(?:-)(?P<end>-?[0-9]+))?$"
-        match = re.match(pattern, rt.rendPickupFrames)
         # setup the plugin as 3dsmax for the internal renderer
         data = {
             "subset": instance.name,
@@ -61,8 +59,8 @@ class CollectRender(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
             "source": filepath,
             "expectedFiles": render_layer_files,
             "plugin": "3dsmax",
-            "frameStart": int(match.group("start")),
-            "frameEnd": int(match.group("end")),
+            "frameStart": int(rt.rendStart),
+            "frameEnd": int(rt.rendEnd),
             "version": version_int,
             "farm": True
         }
diff --git a/openpype/hosts/max/plugins/publish/validate_frame_range.py b/openpype/hosts/max/plugins/publish/validate_frame_range.py
index 761e7bf085..21e847405e 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/max/plugins/publish/validate_frame_range.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/max/plugins/publish/validate_frame_range.py
@@ -60,7 +60,5 @@ class ValidateFrameRange(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin,
 
     @classmethod
     def repair(cls, instance):
-        start = instance.context.data.get("frameStart")
-        end = instance.context.data.get("frameEnd")
-        frame_range = "{0}-{1}".format(start, end)
-        rt.rendPickupFrames = frame_range
+        rt.rendStart = instance.context.data.get("frameStart")
+        rt.rendEnd = instance.context.data.get("frameEnd")