diff --git a/roles/koji_builder/files/osbuildapi-update.cron b/roles/koji_builder/files/osbuildapi-update.cron
deleted file mode 100644
index e352405041..0000000000
--- a/roles/koji_builder/files/osbuildapi-update.cron
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-* * * * * root /usr/local/bin/lock-wrapper osbuildapi "/usr/local/bin/osbuildapi-update.sh" 2>&1 | /usr/local/bin/nag-once osbuildapi-update.sh 1d 2>&1
diff --git a/roles/koji_builder/tasks/main.yml b/roles/koji_builder/tasks/main.yml
index d8498ec363..9800f62ede 100644
--- a/roles/koji_builder/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/koji_builder/tasks/main.yml
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@
   - koji_builder/osbuildapi
 
 - name: install cron job to run osbuild api ip update script every minute.
-  copy: src=osbuildapi-update.cron dest=/etc/cron.d/osbuildapi-update.cron mode=644
+  template: src=osbuildapi-update.cron dest=/etc/cron.d/osbuildapi-update.cron mode=644
   tags:
   - koji_builder
   - koji_builder/osbuildapi
diff --git a/roles/koji_builder/templates/osbuildapi-update.cron b/roles/koji_builder/templates/osbuildapi-update.cron
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9872862d63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/koji_builder/templates/osbuildapi-update.cron
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{% if inventory_hostname.startswith('buildhw-x86') }
+*/5 * * * * root /usr/local/bin/lock-wrapper osbuildapi "/usr/local/bin/osbuildapi-update.sh" 2>&1 | /usr/local/bin/nag-once osbuildapi-update.sh 1d 2>&1
+{% else }
+23 17 * * * root /usr/local/bin/lock-wrapper osbuildapi "/usr/local/bin/osbuildapi-update.sh" 2>&1 | /usr/local/bin/nag-once osbuildapi-update.sh 1d 2>&1
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/roles/koji_hub/templates/hub.conf.j2 b/roles/koji_hub/templates/hub.conf.j2
index ad034a5940..96a9ca78da 100644
--- a/roles/koji_hub/templates/hub.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/koji_hub/templates/hub.conf.j2
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ tag =
     all :: allow
 
 channel =
+    method osbuildImage :: use osbuild
     method newRepo distRepo buildSRPMFromSCM :: use createrepo
     method buildContainer :: use container
     has req_channel && has_perm customchannel :: req