diff --git a/cygnus.timer b/cygnus.timer
index 11f818e..72c35f2 100644
--- a/cygnus.timer
+++ b/cygnus.timer
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Description=Timer for update_fortune.py
 
 [Timer]
-OnCalendar=daily
+OnCalendar=*-*-* 00:00:00
 AccuracySec=1m
 Persistent=true
 
diff --git a/cygnus_log b/work_log
similarity index 93%
rename from cygnus_log
rename to work_log
index f9bcef4..cc603d5 100644
--- a/cygnus_log
+++ b/work_log
@@ -35,3 +35,5 @@ minor note but in the scripts to be run by the system, make sure that things don
 installed yt-dl (through apt) and then yt-dlp because yt-dl didn't work https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#installation
 
 symlinked the ssh tunnel service into /etc/systemd/system/ so that i get an always-on ssh tunnel!!!
+
+finally realized i never did `systemctl enable cygnus.timer --now` so the timer never started which is why my daily task hasn't been running. remedied.