diff --git a/src/main/java/org/eclipsefoundation/git/eca/tasks/GithubInstallationUpdateTask.java b/src/main/java/org/eclipsefoundation/git/eca/tasks/GithubInstallationUpdateTask.java
index 30c431fe16d9333e7dc436c6863952a1f9fb5eff..5c0a131e0b77bf9a9a78b7d9bb880e58e25f0751 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/eclipsefoundation/git/eca/tasks/GithubInstallationUpdateTask.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/eclipsefoundation/git/eca/tasks/GithubInstallationUpdateTask.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public class GithubInstallationUpdateTask {
      * Every 1h, this method will query Github for installations for the currently configured application. These
      * installations will be translated into database entries for a persistent cache to be loaded on request.
      */
-    @Scheduled(every = "1h")
+    @Scheduled(every = "1h", delay = 1)
     @ActivateRequestContext
     public void revalidate() {
         // if not enabled, don't process any potentially OOD records