diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/crawler/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mirrormanager/crawler/tasks/main.yml
index 1b2822af29..e3c25f9bd0 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/crawler/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/crawler/tasks/main.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
           owner=mirrormanager group=mirrormanager mode=0755
 
 - name: propagation cronjob
-  cron: name="propagation-check" minute="15,45" hour="*" user="mirrormanager"
+  cron: name="propagation-check" minute="27" hour="*/2" user="mirrormanager"
         job="/usr/local/bin/check_propagation.sh"
         cron_file=propagation-check
   when: inventory_hostname.startswith('mm-crawler01.phx2')