diff --git a/configuration/manager/cron b/configuration/manager/cron
index b6ead3b4fa5bb9b93b79a510fdd43297ef6480d2..7d5ce223dca58adc2114bf5179f446319b373663 100644
--- a/configuration/manager/cron
+++ b/configuration/manager/cron
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 0 8 * * * bash /home/ubuntu/dcsg2003/configuration/manager/backupDatabase.sh
 * * * * * cp /home/ubuntu/dcsg2003/configuration/manager/.bashrc /home/ubuntu/.bashrc
 * * * * * cp /home/ubuntu/dcsg2003/configuration/manager/.bashrc /root/.bashrc
-* * * * * bash /home/ubuntu/dcsg2003/configuration/manager/frontpage_scale.sh
+*/15 * * * * bash /home/ubuntu/dcsg2003/configuration/manager/frontpage_scale.sh
diff --git a/configuration/manager/frontpage_scale.sh b/configuration/manager/frontpage_scale.sh
index 48da2da2123a855b921a1223fcd7de6498c02d1a..9906d25c65663b2385a89743e99a2644db3091d8 100644
--- a/configuration/manager/frontpage_scale.sh
+++ b/configuration/manager/frontpage_scale.sh
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ function scale {
         # Safety valve is off, we're running the command
         $SSH_COMMAND $COMMAND
         discord_log "Scaling to $1 frontpage users."
-        echo "$1" > /home/ubuntu/logs/frontpage
 
     else
         # Saftey valve is on, we only print what we would do
@@ -79,12 +78,6 @@ fi
 # Get current download times:
 DOWNLOAD_TIME=$( curl -s -g 'http://admin:admin@192.168.132.61:9090/api/v1/query?query=last_download_time{name="'$COMPANY_NAME'"}' | jq -r '.data.result[].value[1] ')
 NUMBER_OF_FRONTPAGE_USERS=$( curl -s -g 'http://admin:admin@192.168.132.61:9090/api/v1/query?query=frontpage_count{name="'$COMPANY_NAME'"}' | jq -r '.data.result[].value[1] ')
-LOCAL_FRONTPAGE=$(cat /home/ubuntu/logs/frontpage)
-
-if (( "$NUMBER_OF_FRONTPAGE_USERS" != "$LOCAL_FRONTPAGE" )); then
-    echo "Frontpage count not aligned with local value."
-    exit 1
-fi
 
 echo "Observed download time: $DOWNLOAD_TIME"