diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/backend/files/backend.cron b/roles/mirrormanager/backend/files/backend.cron
index e973ba24c4..46869b9944 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/backend/files/backend.cron
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/backend/files/backend.cron
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 MAILTO=root
 
-# Refresh the mirrorlist cache at the top of the hour and sync it to the
-# mirrorlist servers
-55 * * * * mirrormanager /usr/bin/mm2_update-mirrorlist-server && /usr/local/bin/sync_pkl_to_mirrorlists.sh
+# Refresh the mirrorlist cache once every hour.
+# This can take up to 35 minutes. The mirrorlist servers
+# are restarted :15 after the full hour. Starting at :30
+# should give us enough time.
+30 * * * * mirrormanager /usr/bin/mm2_update-mirrorlist-server -p && /usr/local/bin/sync_pkl_to_mirrorlists.sh
 
 # update master directory
 # logs sent to /var/log/mirrormanager/umdl.log by default
diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/backend/templates/sync_pkl_to_mirrorlists.sh b/roles/mirrormanager/backend/templates/sync_pkl_to_mirrorlists.sh
index c05a62b30a..8428695d29 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/backend/templates/sync_pkl_to_mirrorlists.sh
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/backend/templates/sync_pkl_to_mirrorlists.sh
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 MIRRORLIST_PROXY="{% for host in groups['mirrorlist_proxies'] %} {{ host }} {% endfor %}"
 
 for s in ${MIRRORLIST_PROXY}; do
-	rsync -az --delete-delay --delay-updates --delete /var/lib/mirrormanager/{*pkl,*txt} ${s}:/srv/mirrorlist/data/mirrorlist1/
+	rsync -az --delete-delay --delay-updates --delete /var/lib/mirrormanager/{*pkl,*txt,*proto} ${s}:/srv/mirrorlist/data/mirrorlist1/
 done
diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml
index 669554d0e3..63596ee4ae 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
   - /var/log/mirrormanager
   tags:
   - mirrorlist_proxy
-  when: env == 'staging'
+  when: env == 'staging' or inventory_hostname.startswith('proxy14')
 
 - name: set logrotate_read_inside_containers so logrotate works
   seboolean: name=logrotate_read_inside_containers state=yes persistent=yes
diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/templates/mirrorlist.service.j2 b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/templates/mirrorlist.service.j2
index b0ce4ded52..2d26807c80 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/templates/mirrorlist.service.j2
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/templates/mirrorlist.service.j2
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 Description=Mirrorlist Container {{ item }}
 
 [Service]
-{% if env == "staging" %}
+{% if env == "staging" or inventory_hostname == "proxy14.fedoraproject.org" %}
 User=mirrormanager
 {% endif %}
 ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/podman stop %n
 ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/podman rm %n --force
-{% if env == "staging" %}
+{% if env == "staging" or inventory_hostname == "proxy14.fedoraproject.org" %}
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman run \
             --rm=true \
             --net=host --userns=keep-id \