diff --git a/backend/src/app/loggers/audit.clj b/backend/src/app/loggers/audit.clj
index d75fc1ce72..5f19403de2 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/loggers/audit.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/loggers/audit.clj
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
   "select * from audit_log
     where archived_at is null
     order by created_at asc
-    limit 100
+    limit 1000
       for update skip locked;")
 
 (defn archive-events
@@ -288,13 +288,11 @@
             xform  (comp (map decode-row)
                          (map row->event))
             events (into [] xform rows)]
-        (l/debug :action "archive-events" :uri uri :events (count events))
-        (if (empty? events)
-          :empty
-          (do
-            (send events)
-            (mark-as-archived conn rows)
-            :continue))))))
+        (when-not (empty? events)
+          (l/debug :action "archive-events" :uri uri :events (count events))
+          (send events)
+          (mark-as-archived conn rows)
+          :continue)))))
 
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 ;; GC Task
diff --git a/backend/src/app/main.clj b/backend/src/app/main.clj
index bfa65c4d4c..7624745363 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/main.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/main.clj
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
         :task :audit-archive})
 
      (when (cf/get :audit-archive-gc-enabled)
-       {:cron #app/cron "0 0 * * * ?" ;; every 1h
+       {:cron #app/cron "0 */3 * * * ?" ;; every 3m
         :task :audit-archive-gc})
 
      (when (cf/get :telemetry-enabled)