diff --git a/eprints1.pl b/eprints1.pl
index d7ff4b185fb43e62f22e0d11775bf4968a3e6d44..626b807db2a14d92ab5c0a931893ba8e52d0b15c 100755
--- a/eprints1.pl
+++ b/eprints1.pl
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ my $op_mode= 'unknown';
 
 # ======================================================================
 # BEGIN OT2UT: Othes to Utheses 
-my $ot2ut_context= 'ot2ut-entw'; # TODO: parametrize
-# my $ot2ut_context= 'ot2ut-test'; # TODO: parametrize
+# my $ot2ut_context= 'ot2ut-entw'; # TODO: parametrize
+my $ot2ut_context= 'ot2ut-test'; # TODO: parametrize
 my $oma_sleep_time= 10;
 
 my %map_ot2ut_roles=
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ my @first_names= qw(
   Henk Henning Henry Herbert Hermann Hermine Herwig Hilde Hildegard
   Horst Hristov Iacopo Igor Ilona Ilse Ines Ingeborg Ingfrid Ingo Ingrid Irene
   Irmgard Irmtraud Isabella Isabelle Item Jadranka Jan Jan-Heiner
-  Jens Jiří Joan Joao Johann Johanna Johannes Jörg Jorinde Josef
+  Jens Jiří Joan Joao Johann Johanna Johannes Joost Jörg Jorinde Josef
   József Judith Julia Julius Jürg Jürgen Jutta Karel Karen
   Karin Karl Karl-Heinz Katharina Katharine Kathrin Katja Katrin Kerstin
   Kim Kirsten Klara Klára Klaus Klaus-Börge Klaus-Dieter Klemens Konrad
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ my %name_fixup_by_eprint_id=
   '23255' => { betreuer => 'Frank, Christa' },
   '46724' => { betreuer => 'Leitner, Manuela', beurteiler_1 => 'Leitner, Manuela' }, # othes only shows "Manuela", see https://ubdata.univie.ac.at/AC14545271
   '47697' => { betreuer => 'Fischer, Peter' },
+  '48949' => { beurteiler_1 => 'Rüffler, Friedrich' },
   '49466' => { betreuer => 'Frank, Rüdiger' },
   '58166' => { betreuer => 'Marko, Doris' }, # othes says: "Marko Doris" which results in a wrong pick; there are also objects that say "Doris Marko" which lead to a correct pick
   '55849' => { betreuer => 'Kirchmayr-Schliesselberger, Sabine' },
@@ -342,8 +343,11 @@ my %name_fixup_by_eprint_id=
   '63391' => { mitbetreuer => 'Garcia, Daniel', beurteiler_2 => 'Garcia, Daniel', },
   '63404' => { betreuer => 'Rachwald, Arthur R.' },
   '63461' => { betreuer => 'Marko, Doris' }, # othes says: "Marko Doris" which results in a wrong pick; there are also objects that say "Doris Marko" which lead to a correct pick
+  '63699' => { betreuer => 'Wessner, Barbara' },
 );
 
+my $refresh_oldest_policies;
+
 my %doc_embargo_dates;
 my $base_path= '/var/www/ot2ut'; # TODO(maybe): get this from the config...
 # END OT2UT: Othes to Utheses 
@@ -398,6 +402,7 @@ while (defined ($arg= shift (@ARGV)))
     elsif ($opt eq 'debug_filenames') { $op_mode= 'debug_filenames'; }
     elsif ($opt eq 'update-policies') { $op_mode= 'update-policies'; }
     elsif ($opt eq 'policies-stats')  { $op_mode= 'policies-stats'; }
+    elsif ($opt eq 'refresh-policies')  { $refresh_oldest_policies= $val || shift (@ARGV); }
     elsif ($opt eq 'max')     { $MAX_SYNC= $val || shift (@ARGV); }
     elsif ($opt eq 'mab-age') { $MAX_MAB_AGE= $val || shift (@ARGV); } # in seconds
     elsif ($opt eq 'marc-age'){ $MAX_MARC_AGE= $val || shift (@ARGV); } # in seconds
@@ -2849,6 +2854,17 @@ sub ot2ut
     last unless ($running);
     last if (defined ($MAX_SYNC) && $cnt_synced >= $MAX_SYNC);
 
+    # there are strange things going on at around midnight, so it might be best, to simply sleep it out...
+    my @ts= localtime(time());
+    if ($ts[2] == 23 && $ts[1] >= 50)
+    {
+      send_message("it's almost midnight! ot2ut pausing for 20 minutes...");
+      activity({ activity => 'pause', note => 'sleep out midnight activities in the environment' });
+
+      sleep(20*60);
+      send_message("ot2ut pause ended");
+    }
+
     activity({ activity => 'ot2ut', eprint_id => $eprint_id }) if ($last_activity + $activity_period <= time());
 
     my $t_start= time();
@@ -4418,6 +4434,15 @@ sub update_policies
   $db_ot2ut= IRMA::db::get_any_db($cnf, 'ot2ut_database') unless (defined ($db_ot2ut));
   my $col_utp= $db_ot2ut->get_collection('utheses.policies');
 
+  if (defined ($refresh_oldest_policies) && $refresh_oldest_policies > 0 && $refresh_oldest_policies <= 1000)
+  {
+    my $c1= $col_utp->find( {}, { '_id' => 1, eprint_id => 1, generated => 1 });
+    $c1->sort( { generated => 1 } );
+    $c1->limit( $refresh_oldest_policies );
+    my @old= $c1->all();
+    foreach my $old (@old) { $upd_eprint_ids{$old->{eprint_id}}= 1; }
+  }
+
   my @col_names= qw( eprintid lastmod_year lastmod_month lastmod_day lastmod_hour lastmod_minute lastmod_second );
   # $epr_db->show_query(1);
   my $search_term= "eprint_status IN ('archive', 'buffer')";
@@ -4947,6 +4972,7 @@ EOX
 <html>
 <head>
 <meta charset="UTF-8" />
+<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="300" />
 <title>othes to utheses migration metablock $metablock_nr</title>
 <style>
   td { text-align:right; }
@@ -4993,6 +5019,7 @@ EOX
 <html>
 <head>
 <meta charset="UTF-8" />
+<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="300" />
 <title>othes to utheses migration block $block_nr</title>
 <style>
   td { text-align:right; }