diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c098c35..6912036 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ See [dev setup docs](docs/dev_setup.md).
 
 Using a "done" file in the R2 buckets to mark the upload as finished. All scripts are checking for this file now.
 
+Monaco is generated daily, to avoid too frequent nginx reloads, which might be bad for the in-memory cache.
+
 ##### v0.4
 
 Auto-update works!
diff --git a/modules/tile_gen/cron.d/ofm_tile_gen b/modules/tile_gen/cron.d/ofm_tile_gen
index 1c397f9..a3c0c1b 100644
--- a/modules/tile_gen/cron.d/ofm_tile_gen
+++ b/modules/tile_gen/cron.d/ofm_tile_gen
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 CMD="sudo /data/ofm/venv/bin/python -u /data/ofm/tile_gen/bin/tile_gen.py"
 LOG_DIR=/data/ofm/tile_gen/logs
 
-# every hour, make a monaco run
-10 * * * * ofm    $CMD make-tiles monaco --upload >> $LOG_DIR/monaco-make-tiles.log 2>&1
+# every day at 2:10, make a monaco run
+10 2 * * * ofm    $CMD make-tiles monaco --upload >> $LOG_DIR/monaco-make-tiles.log 2>&1
 
 # every minute, set monaco to latest
 * * * * * ofm     $CMD set-version monaco >> $LOG_DIR/monaco-set-version.log 2>&1