diff --git a/mwmbl/background.py b/mwmbl/background.py
index f1c16958f32cc7d4f0360d6f2d36cc90d98acd55..98e8eb50d845a5bb1b427eaf4cd58769188062cc 100644
--- a/mwmbl/background.py
+++ b/mwmbl/background.py
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ def run(data_path: str, url_queue: Queue):
         url_db.create_tables()
 
     initialize_url_queue(url_queue)
+    try:
+        update_url_queue(url_queue)
+    except Exception:
+        logger.exception("Error updating URL queue")
     historical.run()
     index_path = Path(data_path) / INDEX_NAME
     batch_cache = BatchCache(Path(data_path) / BATCH_DIR_NAME)
diff --git a/mwmbl/indexer/historical.py b/mwmbl/indexer/historical.py
index 3af9e4447608194cedd17aed9e5bcec7135982d0..938668041a1cb46be3d123ec6142c281cca3ebf2 100644
--- a/mwmbl/indexer/historical.py
+++ b/mwmbl/indexer/historical.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from mwmbl.crawler.app import get_batches_for_date
 from mwmbl.database import Database
 from mwmbl.indexer.indexdb import BatchInfo, BatchStatus, IndexDatabase
 
-DAYS = 66
+DAYS = 20
 
 
 def run():