diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/backend/files/backend.cron b/roles/mirrormanager/backend/files/backend.cron
index e2cbee5ba8..35ca9fe442 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/backend/files/backend.cron
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/backend/files/backend.cron
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ MAILTO=root
 15 */2 * * * mirrormanager /usr/local/bin/umdl-required archive /var/log/mirrormanager/umdl-required.log
 45 */2  * * * mirrormanager /usr/local/bin/umdl-required alt /var/log/mirrormanager/umdl-required.log
 
-# check if category CentOS needs updating once a day
-15 20 * * * mirrormanager /usr/local/bin/umdl-required centos /var/log/mirrormanager/umdl-required.log
+# check if category CentOS needs updating every two hours
+33 */2 * * * mirrormanager /usr/local/bin/umdl-required centos /var/log/mirrormanager/umdl-required.log
 
 # Sync netblocks list once a day
 30 0 * * * mirrormanager cd /usr/share/mirrormanager2 && /usr/bin/mm2_get_global_netblocks /var/lib/mirrormanager/global_netblocks.txt
diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/backend/files/umdl-required b/roles/mirrormanager/backend/files/umdl-required
index 2a695d3417..87d668303a 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/backend/files/umdl-required
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/backend/files/umdl-required
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ elif [ "${1}" ==  "archive" ]; then
 	CATEGORY="Archive"
 elif [ "${1}" ==  "codecs" ]; then
 	CATEGORY="Codecs"
+	SCANNER="/usr/local/bin/scan-primary-mirror"
 	/usr/local/bin/lock-wrapper umdl-${1} "${SCANNER} --category \"Fedora ${CATEGORY}\""
 	exit 0
 elif [ "${1}" ==  "centos" ]; then