diff --git a/migrations/20180207000000-remove-obsolete-autoupdate-pattern-setting.js b/migrations/20180207000000-remove-obsolete-autoupdate-pattern-setting.js
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index 1a6589f70..000000000
--- a/migrations/20180207000000-remove-obsolete-autoupdate-pattern-setting.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-exports.up = function(db, callback) {
-    db.runSql('DELETE FROM settings WHERE name=?', ['autoupdate_pattern'], function (error) {
-        if (error) console.error(error);
-        callback(error);
-    });
-};
-
-exports.down = function(db, callback) {
-    callback();
-};
diff --git a/migrations/20180207000000-split-autoupdate-pattern-setting.js b/migrations/20180207000000-split-autoupdate-pattern-setting.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7042110d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/20180207000000-split-autoupdate-pattern-setting.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+'use strict';
+
+var async = require('async');
+
+exports.up = function(db, callback) {
+    db.runSql('SELECT * FROM settings WHERE name=?', ['autoupdate_pattern'], function (error, results) {
+        if (error || results.length === 0) return callback(error); // will use defaults from box code
+
+        // migrate the 'daily' update pattern
+        var appUpdatePattern = results[0].value;
+        if (appUpdatePattern === '00 00 1,3,5,23 * * *') appUpdatePattern = '00 30 1,3,5,23 * * *';
+
+        async.series([
+            db.runSql.bind(db, 'START TRANSACTION;'),
+            db.runSql.bind(db, 'DELETE FROM settings WHERE name=?', ['autoupdate_pattern']),
+            db.runSql.bind(db, 'INSERT settings (name, value) VALUES(?, ?)', ['app_autoupdate_pattern', appUpdatePattern]),
+            db.runSql.bind(db, 'COMMIT')
+        ], callback);
+    });
+};
+
+exports.down = function(db, callback) {
+    callback();
+};