diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 5b9084f..3f6fdee 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ void batched_update(std::shared_ptr<clickhouse::Client> client_ptr, std::string
         spdlog::warn("No users to update");
         return;
     }
-    const size_t batch_size = 5;
+    const size_t batch_size = 1;
     for (size_t base_iteration = 0; base_iteration < current_users.size(); base_iteration += batch_size) {
         std::vector<std::future<void>> futures_for_this_batch;
         
@@ -162,8 +162,10 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[]) {
   std::thread update_thread = std::thread { [client_shared_ptr, base_uri](){
     while(true){
       batched_update(client_shared_ptr, base_uri);
-      sleep(5*60);
-      spdlog::info("Rerunning update cycle");
+      for (size_t i = 0; i<5; i++) {
+        sleep(60);
+        spdlog::info("Daemon is still alive");
+      }
     }
   } };
 
diff --git a/src/types.cpp b/src/types.cpp
index 4b79222..12dcff8 100644
--- a/src/types.cpp
+++ b/src/types.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ uint16_t parse_date_to_clickhouse(const std::string& date_str) {
     // Try to parse YYYY-MM-DD format
     std::tm tm = {};
     std::istringstream ss(date_str);
-    ss >> std::get_time(&tm, "%Y-%m-%d");
+    ss >> std::get_time(&tm, "%m/%d/$Y");
     
     if (ss.fail()) {
         spdlog::warn("Failed to parse date: {}, using epoch", date_str);