diff --git a/fda-query-service/services/src/main/java/at/tuwien/listener/impl/MariadbListenerImpl.java b/fda-query-service/services/src/main/java/at/tuwien/listener/impl/MariadbListenerImpl.java
index ebc76975ea876211aa75b2aeace17568d783f735..412b1f6ee5d6b7351678d8cb3154ed26dd2e4475 100644
--- a/fda-query-service/services/src/main/java/at/tuwien/listener/impl/MariadbListenerImpl.java
+++ b/fda-query-service/services/src/main/java/at/tuwien/listener/impl/MariadbListenerImpl.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public class MariadbListenerImpl implements DatabaseListener {
     }
 
     @Override
-    @Scheduled(cron = "0 2 * * *" /* at 2am */)
+    @Scheduled(cron = "0 0 2 * * *" /* at 2am, non-standard CRON syntax */)
     @Transactional(readOnly = true)
     public void deleteStaleQueries() throws QueryStoreException, ImageNotSupportedException {
         storeService.deleteStaleQueries();