diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dcc4c53..7b3ab94 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -157,3 +157,4 @@ deploy/provision:
 deploy/app:
 	@echo "Deploying version $(V) to a remote server"
 	$(DEPLOY_CMD) playbooks/03_app.yml --extra-vars "app_version=$(V)"
+	$(DEPLOY_CMD) playbooks/04_cron.yml
diff --git a/deploy/playbooks/04_cron.yml b/deploy/playbooks/04_cron.yml
index 76284f1..6143303 100644
--- a/deploy/playbooks/04_cron.yml
+++ b/deploy/playbooks/04_cron.yml
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@
     - name: "Download pretalx data every hour"
       ansible.builtin.cron:
         name: "Download pretalx data every hour"
-        minute: "5"   # run on the 5th minute of every hour
+        minute: "5"
+        hour: "8"     # run once a day at 08:05 am
         job: "make prod/cron/pretalx"