diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 1bc4f4e..fdd4749 100755
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -271,8 +271,13 @@ server.listen(app.get('port'), app.get('host'), function() {
   // If --autosave is used then we will also save whatever is in the db automatically without having to mention it explictly
   // we do this by watching log file and setting a on change hook to it
   if (process.argv.includes("--autosave") || process.env.ENABLE_AUTOSAVE) {
-    crontab.autosave_crontab(()=>{});
-    fs.watchFile(crontab.crontab_db_file, () => {
+    crontab.autosave_crontab(()=>{
+      console.log("Attempted to autosave crontab");
+    });
+    fs.watchFile(crontab.crontab_db_file, (curr, prev) => {
+      if (curr.mtime === prev.mtime) {
+        return;
+      }
       crontab.autosave_crontab(()=>{
         console.log("Attempted to autosave crontab");
       });
diff --git a/crontab.js b/crontab.js
index 576b79b..c4de25b 100644
--- a/crontab.js
+++ b/crontab.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ exports.env_file =  path.join(exports.db_folder, 'env.db');
 exports.crontab_db_file = path.join(exports.db_folder, 'crontab.db');
 
 var db = new Datastore({ filename: exports.crontab_db_file});
+db.persistence.setAutocompactionInterval(30000);
 var cronPath = "/tmp";
 if(process.env.CRON_PATH !== undefined) {
 	console.log(`Path to crond files set using env variables ${process.env.CRON_PATH}`);