diff --git a/src/server/cron.coffee b/src/server/cron.coffee
index 931ba3e3c7..d0f2ed5b24 100644
--- a/src/server/cron.coffee
+++ b/src/server/cron.coffee
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ _ = require('underscore')
 module.exports.deleteStaleAccounts = ->
 
   un_registered = { "auth.local": {$exists: false} , "auth.facebook": {$exists: false} }
-  registered = registered = { $or: [
+  registered = { $or: [
     { 'auth.local': { $exists: true } },
     { 'auth.facebook': { $exists: true} }
   ]};
@@ -34,5 +34,8 @@ module.exports.deleteStaleAccounts = ->
     if !!user.lastCron # for now ignore missing crons, still looking into why this is happening
       lastCron = new Date(user.lastCron)
       diff = Math.abs(moment(today).sod().diff(moment(lastCron).sod(), "days"))
-      if diff > 30
-        removeAccount(collection, user._id)
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+      if diff > 10
+        removeAccount(collection, user._id)
+    else
+      # cron was missing for some reason
+      collection.update {_id: user._id}, {$set:{lastCron: today}}, (err, res) -> throw err if err
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/server/index.coffee b/src/server/index.coffee
index 1ac2071144..b9bf2bcc11 100644
--- a/src/server/index.coffee
+++ b/src/server/index.coffee
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ auth = require 'derby-auth'
 priv = require './private'
 
 ## Run server cron ##
-#require('./cron').deleteStaleAccounts()
+require('./cron').deleteStaleAccounts()
 
 ## RACER CONFIGURATION ##