diff --git a/src/freedombone-utils-gnusocialtools b/src/freedombone-utils-gnusocialtools
index 1b7d72a3..73f831ce 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-utils-gnusocialtools
+++ b/src/freedombone-utils-gnusocialtools
@@ -464,10 +464,13 @@ function gnusocial_hourly_script {
       echo '/htdocs/scripts/queuedaemon.php" | grep "/var/www")';
       echo "cd /var/www/${domain_name}/htdocs";
       echo "if [[ \$daemon_lines != *\"/var/www/\"* ]]; then";
-      echo "    ADMIN_USER=\$(cat $COMPLETION_FILE | grep 'Admin user' | awk -F ':' '{print \$2}')";
-      echo "    MY_EMAIL_ADDRESS=\$ADMIN_USER@$HOSTNAME";
-      echo -n "    echo \"Restarting ${gnusocial_type} daemons\" | mail -s \"${gnusocial_type} ";
+      echo "    UPTIME=\$(awk -F '.' '{print \$1}' < \"/proc/uptime\")";
+      echo "    if [ \"\$UPTIME\" -gt 500 ]; then";
+      echo "        ADMIN_USER=\$(cat $COMPLETION_FILE | grep 'Admin user' | awk -F ':' '{print \$2}')";
+      echo "        MY_EMAIL_ADDRESS=\$ADMIN_USER@$HOSTNAME";
+      echo -n "        echo \"Restarting ${gnusocial_type} daemons\" | mail -s \"${gnusocial_type} ";
       echo "daemons not found\" \$MY_EMAIL_ADDRESS";
+      echo '    fi';
       echo '    su -c "sh scripts/startdaemons.sh" -s /bin/sh www-data';
       echo 'fi';
       echo 'php scripts/delete_orphan_files.php > /dev/null';