diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 98b11fa..b1b2dc2 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func getUpdatedData() (*Cache, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse data as json: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	cache := &Cache{UpdatedDate: time.Now()}
+	cache := &Cache{UpdatedDate: time.Now().Add(-time.Hour * 6)}
 
 	// count the cases
 	for i := range data[2] {
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func homePageHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			log.Printf("unable to serve page due to no cached data, possibly due to application still starting up, or AB government site down, or changed formatting - may need to review how page is parsed")
 			return
 		}
-		if time.Now().After(cache.UpdatedDate.Add(cacheTimeout)) {
+		if time.Now().Add(-time.Hour * 6).After(cache.UpdatedDate.Add(cacheTimeout)) {
 			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 			tempCache, err := getUpdatedData() // Hold tempCache in case there's an error, we don't want to nullify our pointer to a working cache that has aged.  We will proceed with aged data.
 			if err != nil {