diff --git a/assets/runtime/config/gitlabhq/gitlab.yml b/assets/runtime/config/gitlabhq/gitlab.yml
index 58e2ba96..108f7642 100644
--- a/assets/runtime/config/gitlabhq/gitlab.yml
+++ b/assets/runtime/config/gitlabhq/gitlab.yml
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ production: &base
       cron: "0 * * * *"
     # Execute scheduled triggers
     pipeline_schedule_worker:
-      cron: {{GITLAB_PIPELINE_SCHEDULE_WORKER_CRON}}
+      cron: "{{GITLAB_PIPELINE_SCHEDULE_WORKER_CRON}}"
     # Remove expired build artifacts
     expire_build_artifacts_worker:
       cron: "50 * * * *"
diff --git a/assets/runtime/env-defaults b/assets/runtime/env-defaults
index 408daa35..c25e4f79 100644
--- a/assets/runtime/env-defaults
+++ b/assets/runtime/env-defaults
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ GITLAB_ARTIFACTS_ENABLED=${GITLAB_ARTIFACTS_ENABLED:-true}
 GITLAB_ARTIFACTS_DIR="${GITLAB_ARTIFACTS_DIR:-$GITLAB_SHARED_DIR/artifacts}"
 
 ## Cron Jobs
-GITLAB_PIPELINE_SCHEDULE_WORKER_CRON=${GITLAB_PIPELINE_SCHEDULE_WORKER_CRON:-'0 */12 * * *'}
+GITLAB_PIPELINE_SCHEDULE_WORKER_CRON=${GITLAB_PIPELINE_SCHEDULE_WORKER_CRON:-"19 * * * *"}
 
 ## LFS
 GITLAB_LFS_ENABLED=${GITLAB_LFS_ENABLED:-true}
diff --git a/assets/runtime/functions b/assets/runtime/functions
index f4a653b6..ffb066e7 100644
--- a/assets/runtime/functions
+++ b/assets/runtime/functions
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ gitlab_configure_gravatar() {
 gitlab_configure_cron_jobs() {
   echo "Configuring gitlab::cron_jobs..."
   
-  if [[ -n ${GITLAB_PIPELINE_SCHEDULE_WORKER_CRON} ]]; then
+  if [[ -n "${GITLAB_PIPELINE_SCHEDULE_WORKER_CRON}" ]]; then
     update_template ${GITLAB_CONFIG} GITLAB_PIPELINE_SCHEDULE_WORKER_CRON
   else
     exec_as_git sed -i "/{{GITLAB_PIPELINE_SCHEDULE_WORKER_CRON}}/d" ${GITLAB_CONFIG}