diff --git a/.github/workflows/close-old-issues.yml b/.github/workflows/close-old-issues.yml
index 7d3a0ddd..44a74311 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/close-old-issues.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/close-old-issues.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 name: Close Old Issues
 on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 8 * * *"
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       inactive-days:
         description: "inactive-days: Specify how many days the issue has to have had no activity to get the 'stale-old' label."
+        type: number
         default: 720
       stale-label-days:
         description: "stale-label-days: Specify how many days the issue has to have had the 'stale-old' label to be closed. Must be >= 14 days or will default to -1 days (never)."
+        type: number
         default: -1
 jobs:
   stale:
@@ -27,4 +31,4 @@ jobs:
         stale-issue-message: "This issue is now marked as '${{ env.stale-label }}' due to there being no activity on it for the past ${{ env.stale-days }} days. Unless the '${{ env.stale-label }}' label is removed or the issue is commented on, this will be remain open for at least 14 days and then it may be closed. If you would like to make this issue exempt from getting stale, please add the '${{ env.stale-exempt-label }}' label."
         days-before-close: ${{ env.close-days }}
         close-issue-message: "This issue is now closed due to there being no activity on it for the past ${{ env.close-days }} days since being marked as '${{ env.stale-label }}'."
-        operations-per-run: 200
+        operations-per-run: 500
diff --git a/.github/workflows/close-stale-issues.yml b/.github/workflows/close-stale-issues.yml
index 646715ee..b8e84661 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/close-stale-issues.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/close-stale-issues.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: Close Stale Issues
 on:
   schedule:
-  - cron: "0 0 * * *"
+  - cron: "0 7 * * *"
   workflow_dispatch:
 jobs:
   stale:
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ jobs:
         stale-issue-message: "This issue is now marked as '${{ env.stale-label }}' due to there being no activity on it for the past ${{ env.stale-days }} days and being labelled '${{ env.only-label }}'. Unless the '${{ env.stale-label }}' label is removed or the issue is commented on, this will be closed in ${{ env.close-days }} days. If you would like to make this issue exempt from getting stale, please remove the '${{ env.only-label }}' and '${{ env.stale-label }}' labels or add the '${{ env.stale-exempt-label }}' label"
         days-before-close: ${{ env.close-days }}
         close-issue-message: "This issue is now closed due to there being no activity on it for the past ${{ env.close-days }} days since being marked as '${{ env.stale-label }}'."
-        operations-per-run: 200
+        operations-per-run: 500