diff --git a/src/cron.js b/src/cron.js
index bdf9bb5f6..cbea5eed5 100644
--- a/src/cron.js
+++ b/src/cron.js
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ function startJobs(callback) {
 
     gJobs.cleanupEventlog = new CronJob({
         cronTime: '00 */30 * * * *', // every 30 minutes
-        onTick: eventlog.cleanup,
+        onTick: eventlog.cleanup.bind(null, new Date(Date.now() - 60 * 60 * 24 * 10 * 1000)), // 10 days ago
         start: true
     });
 
diff --git a/src/eventlog.js b/src/eventlog.js
index f632f96ca..1ca070d9a 100644
--- a/src/eventlog.js
+++ b/src/eventlog.js
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ async function getAllPaged(actions, search, page, perPage) {
 async function cleanup(options) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof options, 'object');
 
-    const creationTime = options.creationTime || new Date(Date.now() - 60 * 60 * 24 * 10 * 1000); // 10 days ago
+    const creationTime = options.creationTime;
 
     const results = await database.query('SELECT * FROM eventlog WHERE creationTime <= ?', [ creationTime ]);