diff --git a/packages/discovery-provider/plugins/pedalboard/apps/trending-challenge-rewards/package.json b/packages/discovery-provider/plugins/pedalboard/apps/trending-challenge-rewards/package.json
index a97214214f5..8045bfb0411 100644
--- a/packages/discovery-provider/plugins/pedalboard/apps/trending-challenge-rewards/package.json
+++ b/packages/discovery-provider/plugins/pedalboard/apps/trending-challenge-rewards/package.json
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     "knex": "^2.4.2",
     "moment": "^2.29.4",
     "morgan": "^1.10.0",
+    "node-cron": "^3.0.3",
     "ts-results": "^3.3.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@
     "@types/jest": "^26.0.22",
     "@types/morgan": "^1.9.2",
     "@types/node": "^15.12.2",
+    "@types/node-cron": "^3.0.11",
     "@types/node-fetch": "^2.6.4",
     "@types/supertest": "^2.0.11",
     "esbuild": "^0.14.38",
diff --git a/packages/discovery-provider/plugins/pedalboard/apps/trending-challenge-rewards/src/app.ts b/packages/discovery-provider/plugins/pedalboard/apps/trending-challenge-rewards/src/app.ts
index 16fb7839f9d..3aef09c7f21 100644
--- a/packages/discovery-provider/plugins/pedalboard/apps/trending-challenge-rewards/src/app.ts
+++ b/packages/discovery-provider/plugins/pedalboard/apps/trending-challenge-rewards/src/app.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import fetch from 'node-fetch'
 import axios from 'axios'
 import { WebClient } from '@slack/web-api'
 import { formatDisbursementTable } from './slack'
+import { discoveryDb } from './utils'
 
 // TODO: move something like this into App so results are commonplace for handlers
 export const disburseTrendingRewards = async (
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ export const onDisburse = async (
   app: App<SharedData>,
   dryRun: boolean
 ): Promise<Result<undefined, string>> => {
-  const db = app.getDnDb()
+  const db = discoveryDb
   const libs = app.viewAppData().libs
   const token = process.env.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN
   if (token === undefined) return new Err('SLACK_BOT_TOKEN undefined')
diff --git a/packages/discovery-provider/plugins/pedalboard/apps/trending-challenge-rewards/src/config.ts b/packages/discovery-provider/plugins/pedalboard/apps/trending-challenge-rewards/src/config.ts
index d9fcf28a4c5..5cca309125b 100644
--- a/packages/discovery-provider/plugins/pedalboard/apps/trending-challenge-rewards/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/discovery-provider/plugins/pedalboard/apps/trending-challenge-rewards/src/config.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ export type SharedData = {
   dateToRun: string
 }
 
-export const initSharedData = async (): Promise<Result<SharedData, string>> => {
+let sharedData: SharedData | undefined = undefined
+
+export const initSharedData = async (): Promise<SharedData> => {
+  if (sharedData !== undefined) return sharedData
+
   dotenv.config({ path: './tcr.env' })
 
   const libs = await initAudiusLibs()
@@ -33,15 +37,14 @@ export const initSharedData = async (): Promise<Result<SharedData, string>> => {
   const dateToRun = process.env.dateToRun
 
   if (oracleEthAddress === undefined)
-    return new Err('oracleEthAddress undefined')
-  if (AAOEndpoint === undefined) return new Err('AAOEndpoint undefined')
+    throw new Error('oracleEthAddress undefined')
+  if (AAOEndpoint === undefined) throw new Error('AAOEndpoint undefined')
   if (feePayerOverride === undefined)
-    return new Err('feePayerOverride undefined')
-  if (localEndpoint === undefined) return new Err('localEndpoint undefined')
-  if (dateToRun === undefined) return new Err('dateToRun undefined')
+    throw new Error('feePayerOverride undefined')
+  if (localEndpoint === undefined) throw new Error('localEndpoint undefined')
+  if (dateToRun === undefined) throw new Error('dateToRun undefined')
 
-  // @ts-ignore
-  return new Ok({
+  sharedData = {
     oracleEthAddress,
     AAOEndpoint,
     feePayerOverride,
@@ -49,7 +52,9 @@ export const initSharedData = async (): Promise<Result<SharedData, string>> => {
     localEndpoint,
     dryRun,
     dateToRun
-  })
+  }
+  // @ts-ignore
+  return sharedData
 }
 
 export const condition = (app: App<SharedData>): boolean => {
diff --git a/packages/discovery-provider/plugins/pedalboard/apps/trending-challenge-rewards/src/main.ts b/packages/discovery-provider/plugins/pedalboard/apps/trending-challenge-rewards/src/main.ts
index 5b0fd13e1c4..653008675ef 100644
--- a/packages/discovery-provider/plugins/pedalboard/apps/trending-challenge-rewards/src/main.ts
+++ b/packages/discovery-provider/plugins/pedalboard/apps/trending-challenge-rewards/src/main.ts
@@ -1,20 +1,26 @@
+import cron from "node-cron"
 import { App } from '@pedalboard/basekit'
-import { SharedData, condition, initSharedData } from './config'
+import { SharedData, initSharedData } from './config'
 import { disburseTrendingRewards } from './app'
-import { establishSlackConnection, initSlack } from './slack'
+import { establishSlackConnection } from './slack'
 import { announceTopFiveTrending } from './trending'
 
 export const main = async () => {
-  const dataRes = await initSharedData()
-  if (dataRes.err) {
-    console.error('SETUP ERROR = ', dataRes)
-    return
-  }
-  const data = dataRes.unwrap()
+  const data = await initSharedData()
 
   await new App<SharedData>({ appData: data })
-    .cron(condition, disburseTrendingRewards)
-    .cron(condition, announceTopFiveTrending)
     .task(establishSlackConnection)
     .run()
 }
+
+// Friday at 12:05 pm PST, extra five minutes for trending to calculate
+cron.schedule('5 12 * * 5', () => {
+  initSharedData().then((data) => {
+    // make new appdata instance to satisfy types
+    const appData = new App<SharedData>({ appData: data })
+    announceTopFiveTrending(appData).catch(e => console.error("Announcement failed: ", e))
+    disburseTrendingRewards(appData).catch(e => console.error("Disbursment failed: ", e))
+  })
+}, {
+    timezone: "America/Los_Angeles"
+});
diff --git a/packages/discovery-provider/plugins/pedalboard/apps/trending-challenge-rewards/src/trending.ts b/packages/discovery-provider/plugins/pedalboard/apps/trending-challenge-rewards/src/trending.ts
index f3e93dce91d..962a16479d1 100644
--- a/packages/discovery-provider/plugins/pedalboard/apps/trending-challenge-rewards/src/trending.ts
+++ b/packages/discovery-provider/plugins/pedalboard/apps/trending-challenge-rewards/src/trending.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { App } from '@pedalboard/basekit'
 import { Knex } from 'knex'
 import { SharedData } from './config'
-import { intoResult } from './utils'
+import { discoveryDb, identityDb, intoResult } from './utils'
 import { WebClient } from '@slack/web-api'
 import moment from 'moment'
 import { Table, TrendingResults } from '@pedalboard/storage'
@@ -21,13 +21,6 @@ export const announceTopFiveTrending = async (
   app: App<SharedData>,
   maybeWeek?: string
 ) => {
-  const identityDbRes = await intoResult(async () => app.getIdDb())
-  if (identityDbRes.err) {
-    console.error('Identity connection error: ', identityDbRes)
-    return
-  }
-  const identityDb = identityDbRes.unwrap()
-  const discoveryDb = app.getDnDb()
 
   const week = maybeWeek || moment().format('YYYY-MM-DD')
 
diff --git a/packages/discovery-provider/plugins/pedalboard/apps/trending-challenge-rewards/src/utils.ts b/packages/discovery-provider/plugins/pedalboard/apps/trending-challenge-rewards/src/utils.ts
index 1f747d0a5a5..b2f0435697e 100644
--- a/packages/discovery-provider/plugins/pedalboard/apps/trending-challenge-rewards/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/discovery-provider/plugins/pedalboard/apps/trending-challenge-rewards/src/utils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
+import { initializeDiscoveryDb, initializeIdentityDb } from "@pedalboard/basekit";
 import { Err, Ok, Result } from "ts-results";
 
+export const identityDb = initializeIdentityDb()
+export const discoveryDb = initializeDiscoveryDb()
+
 /// catches possibles errors and converts them to an appropriate result type
 /// this is useful when using a library that may throw and you want to catch it safely
 export const intoResult = async <T>(