diff --git a/config/default.yaml b/config/default.yaml
index 00eeaea8c..fa1fb628a 100644
--- a/config/default.yaml
+++ b/config/default.yaml
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ trending:
 # Once you have defined your strategies, choose which instances you want to cache in admin -> manage follows -> following
 redundancy:
   videos:
+    check_interval: '1 hour' # How often you want to check new videos to cache
     strategies:
 #      -
 #        size: '10GB'
diff --git a/config/production.yaml.example b/config/production.yaml.example
index 28770e480..4d8752206 100644
--- a/config/production.yaml.example
+++ b/config/production.yaml.example
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ trending:
 # Once you have defined your strategies, choose which instances you want to cache in admin -> manage follows -> following
 redundancy:
   videos:
+    check_interval: '1 hour' # How often you want to check new videos to cache
     strategies:
 #      -
 #        size: '10GB'
diff --git a/config/test.yaml b/config/test.yaml
index d36d90bbd..ad94b00cd 100644
--- a/config/test.yaml
+++ b/config/test.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ log:
 
 redundancy:
   videos:
+    check_interval: '5 seconds'
     strategies:
       -
         size: '10MB'
diff --git a/server/initializers/checker.ts b/server/initializers/checker.ts
index 8b5280848..a54f6155b 100644
--- a/server/initializers/checker.ts
+++ b/server/initializers/checker.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ function checkMissedConfig () {
     'cache.previews.size', 'admin.email',
     'signup.enabled', 'signup.limit', 'signup.requires_email_verification',
     'signup.filters.cidr.whitelist', 'signup.filters.cidr.blacklist',
-    'redundancy.videos.strategies',
+    'redundancy.videos.strategies', 'redundancy.videos.check_interval',
     'transcoding.enabled', 'transcoding.threads',
     'import.videos.http.enabled', 'import.videos.torrent.enabled',
     'trending.videos.interval_days',
diff --git a/server/initializers/constants.ts b/server/initializers/constants.ts
index 881978753..03424ffb8 100644
--- a/server/initializers/constants.ts
+++ b/server/initializers/constants.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { ActivityPubActorType } from '../../shared/models/activitypub'
 import { FollowState } from '../../shared/models/actors'
 import { VideoAbuseState, VideoImportState, VideoPrivacy } from '../../shared/models/videos'
 // Do not use barrels, remain constants as independent as possible
-import { buildPath, isTestInstance, root, sanitizeHost, sanitizeUrl } from '../helpers/core-utils'
+import { buildPath, isTestInstance, parseDuration, root, sanitizeHost, sanitizeUrl } from '../helpers/core-utils'
 import { NSFWPolicyType } from '../../shared/models/videos/nsfw-policy.type'
 import { invert } from 'lodash'
 import { CronRepeatOptions, EveryRepeatOptions } from 'bull'
@@ -139,8 +139,7 @@ let SCHEDULER_INTERVALS_MS = {
   badActorFollow: 60000 * 60, // 1 hour
   removeOldJobs: 60000 * 60, // 1 hour
   updateVideos: 60000, // 1 minute
-  youtubeDLUpdate: 60000 * 60 * 24, // 1 day
-  videosRedundancy: 60000 * 2 // 2 hours
+  youtubeDLUpdate: 60000 * 60 * 24 // 1 day
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -213,6 +212,7 @@ const CONFIG = {
   },
   REDUNDANCY: {
     VIDEOS: {
+      CHECK_INTERVAL: parseDuration(config.get<string>('redundancy.videos.check_interval')),
       STRATEGIES: buildVideosRedundancy(config.get<any[]>('redundancy.videos.strategies'))
     }
   },
@@ -651,7 +651,6 @@ if (isTestInstance() === true) {
   SCHEDULER_INTERVALS_MS.badActorFollow = 10000
   SCHEDULER_INTERVALS_MS.removeOldJobs = 10000
   SCHEDULER_INTERVALS_MS.updateVideos = 5000
-  SCHEDULER_INTERVALS_MS.videosRedundancy = 5000
   REPEAT_JOBS['videos-views'] = { every: 5000 }
 
   REDUNDANCY.VIDEOS.RANDOMIZED_FACTOR = 1
diff --git a/server/lib/schedulers/videos-redundancy-scheduler.ts b/server/lib/schedulers/videos-redundancy-scheduler.ts
index 5f9fd9911..960651712 100644
--- a/server/lib/schedulers/videos-redundancy-scheduler.ts
+++ b/server/lib/schedulers/videos-redundancy-scheduler.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export class VideosRedundancyScheduler extends AbstractScheduler {
   private static instance: AbstractScheduler
   private executing = false
 
-  protected schedulerIntervalMs = SCHEDULER_INTERVALS_MS.videosRedundancy
+  protected schedulerIntervalMs = CONFIG.REDUNDANCY.VIDEOS.CHECK_INTERVAL
 
   private constructor () {
     super()
@@ -50,6 +50,16 @@ export class VideosRedundancyScheduler extends AbstractScheduler {
       }
     }
 
+    await this.removeExpired()
+
+    this.executing = false
+  }
+
+  static get Instance () {
+    return this.instance || (this.instance = new this())
+  }
+
+  private async removeExpired () {
     const expired = await VideoRedundancyModel.listAllExpired()
 
     for (const m of expired) {
@@ -61,12 +71,6 @@ export class VideosRedundancyScheduler extends AbstractScheduler {
         logger.error('Cannot remove %s video from our redundancy system.', this.buildEntryLogId(m))
       }
     }
-
-    this.executing = false
-  }
-
-  static get Instance () {
-    return this.instance || (this.instance = new this())
   }
 
   private findVideoToDuplicate (cache: VideosRedundancy) {