diff --git a/info-level-conf/chrony.conf b/info-level-conf/chrony.conf
index 160c064..4fa038f 100644
--- a/info-level-conf/chrony.conf
+++ b/info-level-conf/chrony.conf
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ allow 10.0.0.0/24
 manual
 
 # tell clients im the big dog
-local stratum 1
+# local stratum 1
+local
 
 # Good Time Servers
 pool time.cloudflare.com iburst
diff --git a/info-level-conf/root-crontab b/info-level-conf/root-crontab
index f4e1329..711161a 100644
--- a/info-level-conf/root-crontab
+++ b/info-level-conf/root-crontab
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # m h  dom mon dow   command
-# set hardware I2C RTC every hour
-0 * * * * bash /usr/sbin/hwclock -w
+# set hardware I2C RTC every 5 minutes
+*/5 * * * * bash -c "/usr/sbin/hwclock -w 2>> /var/log/root-crontab.log"
diff --git a/running-warn-level-conf/chrony.conf b/running-warn-level-conf/chrony.conf
index 3897d88..a2a448c 100644
--- a/running-warn-level-conf/chrony.conf
+++ b/running-warn-level-conf/chrony.conf
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ allow 10.0.0.0/24
 manual
 
 # tell clients im the big dog
-local stratum 1
+# local stratum 1
+local
 
 # Good Time Servers
 pool time.cloudflare.com iburst
diff --git a/running-warn-level-conf/root-crontab b/running-warn-level-conf/root-crontab
index f4e1329..711161a 100644
--- a/running-warn-level-conf/root-crontab
+++ b/running-warn-level-conf/root-crontab
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # m h  dom mon dow   command
-# set hardware I2C RTC every hour
-0 * * * * bash /usr/sbin/hwclock -w
+# set hardware I2C RTC every 5 minutes
+*/5 * * * * bash -c "/usr/sbin/hwclock -w 2>> /var/log/root-crontab.log"
diff --git a/warn-level-conf/root-crontab b/warn-level-conf/root-crontab
index 4fa8e01..711161a 100644
--- a/warn-level-conf/root-crontab
+++ b/warn-level-conf/root-crontab
@@ -1,25 +1,3 @@
-# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
-#
-# Each task to run has to be defined through a single line
-# indicating with different fields when the task will be run
-# and what command to run for the task
-#
-# To define the time you can provide concrete values for
-# minute (m), hour (h), day of month (dom), month (mon),
-# and day of week (dow) or use '*' in these fields (for 'any').
-#
-# Notice that tasks will be started based on the cron's system
-# daemon's notion of time and timezones.
-#
-# Output of the crontab jobs (including errors) is sent through
-# email to the user the crontab file belongs to (unless redirected).
-#
-# For example, you can run a backup of all your user accounts
-# at 5 a.m every week with:
-# 0 5 * * 1 tar -zcf /var/backups/home.tgz /home/
-#
-# For more information see the manual pages of crontab(5) and cron(8)
-#
 # m h  dom mon dow   command
-# set hardware I2C RTC every hour
-0 * * * * bash /usr/sbin/hwclock -w
+# set hardware I2C RTC every 5 minutes
+*/5 * * * * bash -c "/usr/sbin/hwclock -w 2>> /var/log/root-crontab.log"