diff --git a/assets/js/src/notice.js b/assets/js/src/notice.js
index f6fb71a541..6ddb05a741 100644
--- a/assets/js/src/notice.js
+++ b/assets/js/src/notice.js
@@ -1,75 +1,75 @@
-define('notice', ['mailpoet', 'jquery'], function(MailPoet, jQuery) {
-  "use strict";
-  /*==================================================================================================
-
-      MailPoet Notice:
-
-          description: Handles notices
-          version: 0.2
-          author: Jonathan Labreuille
-          company: Wysija
-          dependencies: jQuery
-
-      Usage:
-
-      // success message (static: false)
-          MailPoet.Notice.success('Yatta!');
-
-          // error message (static: false)
-          MailPoet.Notice.error('Boo!');
-
-          // system message (static: true)
-          MailPoet.Notice.system('You need to updated ASAP!');
-
-      Examples:
-
-          MailPoet.Notice.success('-  success #1 -');
-          setTimeout(function() {
-              MailPoet.Notice.success('-  success #2 -');
-              setTimeout(function() {
-                  MailPoet.Notice.error('-  error -');
-                  setTimeout(function() {
-                      MailPoet.Notice.system('- system -');
-
-                      setTimeout(function() {
-                          MailPoet.Notice.hide();
-                      }, 2500);
-                  }, 300);
-              }, 400);
-          }, 500);
-
-  ==================================================================================================*/
-
-  MailPoet.Notice = {
-      version: 0.2,
-      // default options
-      defaults: {
-          type: 'success',
-          message: '',
-          static: false,
-          hideClose: false,
-          id: null,
+define('notice', ['mailpoet', 'jquery'], function(MailPoet, jQuery) {
+  "use strict";
+  /*==================================================================================================
+
+      MailPoet Notice:
+
+          description: Handles notices
+          version: 0.2
+          author: Jonathan Labreuille
+          company: Wysija
+          dependencies: jQuery
+
+      Usage:
+
+      // success message (static: false)
+          MailPoet.Notice.success('Yatta!');
+
+          // error message (static: false)
+          MailPoet.Notice.error('Boo!');
+
+          // system message (static: true)
+          MailPoet.Notice.system('You need to updated ASAP!');
+
+      Examples:
+
+          MailPoet.Notice.success('-  success #1 -');
+          setTimeout(function() {
+              MailPoet.Notice.success('-  success #2 -');
+              setTimeout(function() {
+                  MailPoet.Notice.error('-  error -');
+                  setTimeout(function() {
+                      MailPoet.Notice.system('- system -');
+
+                      setTimeout(function() {
+                          MailPoet.Notice.hide();
+                      }, 2500);
+                  }, 300);
+              }, 400);
+          }, 500);
+
+  ==================================================================================================*/
+
+  MailPoet.Notice = {
+      version: 0.2,
+      // default options
+      defaults: {
+          type: 'success',
+          message: '',
+          static: false,
+          hideClose: false,
+          id: null,
           positionAfter: false,
-          scroll: false,
-          timeout: 2000,
-          onOpen: null,
-          onClose: null
-      },
-      options: {},
-      init: function(options) {
-          // set options
-          this.options = jQuery.extend({}, this.defaults, options);
-
-          // clone element
-          this.element = jQuery('#mailpoet_notice_'+this.options.type).clone();
-
-          // add data-id to the element
-          if (this.options.id) this.element.attr('data-id', 'notice_' + this.options.id);
-
-          // remove id from clone
-          this.element.removeAttr('id');
-
-          // insert notice after its parent
+          scroll: false,
+          timeout: 2000,
+          onOpen: null,
+          onClose: null
+      },
+      options: {},
+      init: function(options) {
+          // set options
+          this.options = jQuery.extend({}, this.defaults, options);
+
+          // clone element
+          this.element = jQuery('#mailpoet_notice_'+this.options.type).clone();
+
+          // add data-id to the element
+          if (this.options.id) this.element.attr('data-id', 'notice_' + this.options.id);
+
+          // remove id from clone
+          this.element.removeAttr('id');
+
+          // insert notice after its parent
           var positionAfter;
           if (typeof this.options.positionAfter === 'object') {
             positionAfter = this.options.positionAfter;
@@ -78,136 +78,135 @@ define('notice', ['mailpoet', 'jquery'], function(MailPoet, jQuery) {
           } else {
             positionAfter = jQuery('#mailpoet_notice_'+this.options.type);
           }
-          console.log('positionAfter', typeof this.options.positionAfter);
-          positionAfter.after(this.element);
-
-          // setup onClose callback
-          var onClose = null;
-          if(this.options.onClose !== null) {
-              onClose = this.options.onClose;
-          }
-
-          // listen to remove event
-          jQuery(this.element).on('close', function() {
-              jQuery(this).fadeOut(200, function() {
-                  // on close callback
-                  if(onClose !== null) {
-                      onClose();
-                  }
-                  // remove notice
-                  jQuery(this).remove();
-              });
-          }.bind(this.element));
-
-          // listen to message event
-          jQuery(this.element).on('message', function(e, message) {
-              MailPoet.Notice.setMessage(message);
-          }.bind(this.element));
-
-          return this;
-      },
-      isHTML: function(str) {
-          var a = document.createElement('div');
-          a.innerHTML = str;
-          for(var c = a.childNodes, i = c.length; i--;) {
-              if(c[i].nodeType == 1) return true;
-          }
-          return false;
-      },
-      setMessage: function(message) {
-          // if it's not an html message, let's sugar coat the message with a fancy <p>
-          if(this.isHTML(message) === false) {
-              message = '<p>'+message+'</p>';
-          }
-          // set message
-          return this.element.html(message);
-      },
-      show: function(options) {
-        // initialize
-        this.init(options);
-
-          // show notice
-          this.showNotice();
-
-          // return this;
-      },
-      showNotice: function() {
-          // set message
-          this.setMessage(this.options.message);
-
-          // position notice
-          this.element.insertAfter(jQuery('h2.title'));
-
-          // set class name
-          switch(this.options.type) {
-            case 'success':
-              this.element.addClass('updated');
-            break;
-            case 'system':
-              this.element.addClass('update-nag');
-            break;
-            case 'error':
-              this.element.addClass('error');
-            break;
-          }
-
-          // make the notice appear
-          this.element.fadeIn(200);
-
-          // if scroll option is enabled, scroll to the notice
-          if(this.options.scroll === true) {
-              this.element.get(0).scrollIntoView(false);
-          }
-
-          // if the notice is not static, it has to disappear after a timeout
-          if(this.options.static === false) {
-              this.element.delay(this.options.timeout).trigger('close');
-          } else if (this.options.hideClose === false) {
-              this.element.append('<a href="javascript:;" class="mailpoet_notice_close"><span class="dashicons dashicons-dismiss"></span></a>');
-              this.element.find('.mailpoet_notice_close').on('click', function() {
-                  jQuery(this).trigger('close');
-              });
-          }
-
-          // call onOpen callback
-          if(this.options.onOpen !== null) {
-              this.options.onOpen(this.element);
-          }
-      },
-      hide: function(all) {
-          if(all !== undefined && all === true) {
-              jQuery('.mailpoet_notice:not([id])').trigger('close');
-          } else if (all !== undefined && jQuery.isArray(all)) {
-              for (var id in all) {
-                  jQuery('[data-id="notice_' + all[id] + '"]')
-                   .trigger('close');
-              }
-          } if (all !== undefined) {
-              jQuery('[data-id="notice_' + all + '"]')
-               .trigger('close');
-          } else {
-              jQuery('.mailpoet_notice.updated:not([id]), .mailpoet_notice.error:not([id])')
-              .trigger('close');
-          }
-      },
-      error: function(message, options) {
-        this.show(jQuery.extend({}, {
-              type: 'error',
-              message: '<p>'+message+'</p>'
-          }, options));
-      },
-      success: function(message, options) {
-          this.show(jQuery.extend({}, {
-              type: 'success',
-              message: '<p>'+message+'</p>'
-          }, options));
-      },
-      system: function(message, options) {
-          this.show(jQuery.extend({}, {
-              type: 'system',
-              static: true,
-              message: message
-          }, options));
-      }
-  };
+          positionAfter.after(this.element);
+
+          // setup onClose callback
+          var onClose = null;
+          if(this.options.onClose !== null) {
+              onClose = this.options.onClose;
+          }
+
+          // listen to remove event
+          jQuery(this.element).on('close', function() {
+              jQuery(this).fadeOut(200, function() {
+                  // on close callback
+                  if(onClose !== null) {
+                      onClose();
+                  }
+                  // remove notice
+                  jQuery(this).remove();
+              });
+          }.bind(this.element));
+
+          // listen to message event
+          jQuery(this.element).on('message', function(e, message) {
+              MailPoet.Notice.setMessage(message);
+          }.bind(this.element));
+
+          return this;
+      },
+      isHTML: function(str) {
+          var a = document.createElement('div');
+          a.innerHTML = str;
+          for(var c = a.childNodes, i = c.length; i--;) {
+              if(c[i].nodeType == 1) return true;
+          }
+          return false;
+      },
+      setMessage: function(message) {
+          // if it's not an html message, let's sugar coat the message with a fancy <p>
+          if(this.isHTML(message) === false) {
+              message = '<p>'+message+'</p>';
+          }
+          // set message
+          return this.element.html(message);
+      },
+      show: function(options) {
+        // initialize
+        this.init(options);
+
+          // show notice
+          this.showNotice();
+
+          // return this;
+      },
+      showNotice: function() {
+          // set message
+          this.setMessage(this.options.message);
+
+          // position notice
+          this.element.insertAfter(jQuery('h2.title'));
+
+          // set class name
+          switch(this.options.type) {
+            case 'success':
+              this.element.addClass('updated');
+            break;
+            case 'system':
+              this.element.addClass('update-nag');
+            break;
+            case 'error':
+              this.element.addClass('error');
+            break;
+          }
+
+          // make the notice appear
+          this.element.fadeIn(200);
+
+          // if scroll option is enabled, scroll to the notice
+          if(this.options.scroll === true) {
+              this.element.get(0).scrollIntoView(false);
+          }
+
+          // if the notice is not static, it has to disappear after a timeout
+          if(this.options.static === false) {
+              this.element.delay(this.options.timeout).trigger('close');
+          } else if (this.options.hideClose === false) {
+              this.element.append('<a href="javascript:;" class="mailpoet_notice_close"><span class="dashicons dashicons-dismiss"></span></a>');
+              this.element.find('.mailpoet_notice_close').on('click', function() {
+                  jQuery(this).trigger('close');
+              });
+          }
+
+          // call onOpen callback
+          if(this.options.onOpen !== null) {
+              this.options.onOpen(this.element);
+          }
+      },
+      hide: function(all) {
+          if(all !== undefined && all === true) {
+              jQuery('.mailpoet_notice:not([id])').trigger('close');
+          } else if (all !== undefined && jQuery.isArray(all)) {
+              for (var id in all) {
+                  jQuery('[data-id="notice_' + all[id] + '"]')
+                   .trigger('close');
+              }
+          } if (all !== undefined) {
+              jQuery('[data-id="notice_' + all + '"]')
+               .trigger('close');
+          } else {
+              jQuery('.mailpoet_notice.updated:not([id]), .mailpoet_notice.error:not([id])')
+              .trigger('close');
+          }
+      },
+      error: function(message, options) {
+        this.show(jQuery.extend({}, {
+              type: 'error',
+              message: '<p>'+message+'</p>'
+          }, options));
+      },
+      success: function(message, options) {
+          this.show(jQuery.extend({}, {
+              type: 'success',
+              message: '<p>'+message+'</p>'
+          }, options));
+      },
+      system: function(message, options) {
+          this.show(jQuery.extend({}, {
+              type: 'system',
+              static: true,
+              message: message
+          }, options));
+      }
+  };
 });
diff --git a/lib/Cron/Daemon.php b/lib/Cron/Daemon.php
index a9e38e5cc8..91d659a9c5 100644
--- a/lib/Cron/Daemon.php
+++ b/lib/Cron/Daemon.php
@@ -48,9 +48,14 @@ class Daemon {
       $_SESSION['cron_daemon'] = 'started';
       $_SESSION['cron_daemon'] = array('result' => true);
       $this->manageSession('end');
+
       $daemon['status'] = 'started';
       $daemon['token'] = $this->refreshed_token;
-      $this->saveDaemon($daemon);
+      $this->saveDaemon(array(
+        'status' => 'started',
+        'token' => $this->refreshed_token,
+        'updated_at' => time()
+      ));
       $this->callSelf();
     }
     $this->manageSession('end');
@@ -79,10 +84,12 @@ class Daemon {
     if($elapsed_time < 30) {
       sleep(30 - $elapsed_time);
     }
-    // after each execution, read daemon in case it's status was modified
+    // after each execution, read daemon in case its status was modified
     $daemon = $this->getDaemon();
+
     if($daemon['status'] === 'stopping') $daemon['status'] = 'stopped';
     if($daemon['status'] === 'starting') $daemon['status'] = 'started';
+
     $daemon['token'] = $this->refreshed_token;
     $daemon['counter']++;
     $this->saveDaemon($daemon);
@@ -90,7 +97,7 @@ class Daemon {
   }
 
   function getDaemon() {
-    return Setting::getValue('cron_daemon', null);
+    return Setting::getValue('cron_daemon');
   }
 
   function saveDaemon($daemon_data) {
diff --git a/lib/Cron/Supervisor.php b/lib/Cron/Supervisor.php
index 823f1ccab3..5eca868280 100644
--- a/lib/Cron/Supervisor.php
+++ b/lib/Cron/Supervisor.php
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 namespace MailPoet\Cron;
 
-use Carbon\Carbon;
 use MailPoet\Config\Env;
 use MailPoet\Models\Setting;
 
@@ -22,25 +21,27 @@ class Supervisor {
     if(!$this->daemon) {
       return $this->startDaemon();
     }
-    if(!$this->force_start && (
-        $this->daemon['value']['status'] === 'stopped' ||
-        $this->daemon['value']['status'] === 'stopping')
+    if(
+      !$this->force_start &&
+      in_array($this->daemon['status'], array('stopped', 'stopping'))
     ) {
-      return $this->daemon['value']['status'];
+      return $this->daemon['status'];
     }
-    $time_since_last_run = $this->getDaemonLastRunTime();
-    if($time_since_last_run < 40) {
+
+    $elapsed_time = time() - (int)$this->daemon['updated_at'];
+
+    if($elapsed_time < 40) {
       if(!$this->force_start) {
         return;
       }
-      if($this->daemon['value']['status'] === 'stopping' ||
-        $this->daemon['value']['status'] === 'starting'
+      if($this->daemon['status'] === 'stopping' ||
+        $this->daemon['status'] === 'starting'
       ) {
-        return $this->daemon['value']['status'];
+        return $this->daemon['status'];
       }
     }
-    $this->daemon['value']['status'] = 'starting';
-    $this->saveDaemon($this->daemon['value']);
+    $this->daemon['status'] = 'starting';
+    $this->saveDaemon($this->daemon);
     return $this->startDaemon();
   }
 
@@ -62,12 +63,7 @@ class Supervisor {
   }
 
   function getDaemon() {
-    $daemon = Setting::where('name', 'cron_daemon')
-      ->findOne();
-    if(!$daemon) return false;
-    $daemon = $daemon->asArray();
-    $daemon['value'] = unserialize($daemon['value']);
-    return $daemon;
+    return Setting::getValue('cron_daemon');
   }
 
   function saveDaemon($daemon_data) {
@@ -104,13 +100,4 @@ class Supervisor {
     // throw an error if all connections fail
     throw new \Exception(__('Site URL is unreachable.'));
   }
-
-  function getDaemonLastRunTime() {
-    $current_time = Carbon::now('UTC');
-    $last_update_time = Carbon::createFromFormat(
-      'Y-m-d H:i:s',
-      $this->daemon['updated_at'], 'UTC'
-    );
-    return $current_time->diffInSeconds($last_update_time);
-  }
 }
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