diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 9863d05c43..5f3274e73e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: scrape hn data
 
 on:
   schedule:
-    - cron:  '0 * * * *'
+    - cron:  '0 */12 * * *'
 
 jobs:
   scheduled: