diff --git a/lib/Cron/Workers/SubscribersEngagementScore.php b/lib/Cron/Workers/SubscribersEngagementScore.php
index 4ba59ff6f4..30518b73d4 100644
--- a/lib/Cron/Workers/SubscribersEngagementScore.php
+++ b/lib/Cron/Workers/SubscribersEngagementScore.php
@@ -28,21 +28,31 @@ class SubscribersEngagementScore extends SimpleWorker {
   }
 
   public function processTaskStrategy(ScheduledTask $task, $timer) {
-    $subscribers = $this->subscribersRepository->findBy(
-      ['engagementScoreUpdatedAt' => null],
-      [],
-      SubscribersEngagementScore::BATCH_SIZE
-    );
+    $subscribers = $this->subscribersRepository->findByUpdatedScoreNotInLastMonth(SubscribersEngagementScore::BATCH_SIZE);
     foreach ($subscribers as $subscriber) {
       $this->statisticsOpensRepository->recalculateSubscriberScore($subscriber);
     }
     if ($subscribers) {
+      $this->scheduleImmediately();
+    } else {
       $this->schedule();
     }
     return true;
   }
 
-  public function getNextRunDate() {
+  public function scheduleImmediately(): void {
+    $this->cronWorkerScheduler->schedule(static::TASK_TYPE, $this->getNextRunDateImmediately());
+  }
+
+  public function getNextRunDateImmediately(): Carbon {
     return Carbon::createFromTimestamp($this->wp->currentTime('timestamp'));
   }
+
+  public function getNextRunDate() {
+    // random day of the next week
+    $date = Carbon::createFromTimestamp($this->wp->currentTime('timestamp'));
+    $date->addDay();
+    $date->setTime(mt_rand(0, 23), mt_rand(0, 59));
+    return $date;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/lib/Subscribers/SubscribersRepository.php b/lib/Subscribers/SubscribersRepository.php
index 7819d6342b..eb495a66f4 100644
--- a/lib/Subscribers/SubscribersRepository.php
+++ b/lib/Subscribers/SubscribersRepository.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use MailPoet\Entities\SubscriberCustomFieldEntity;
 use MailPoet\Entities\SubscriberEntity;
 use MailPoet\Entities\SubscriberSegmentEntity;
 use MailPoet\WP\Functions as WPFunctions;
+use MailPoetVendor\Carbon\Carbon;
 use MailPoetVendor\Doctrine\DBAL\Connection;
 use MailPoetVendor\Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager;
 use MailPoetVendor\Doctrine\ORM\Query\Expr\Join;
@@ -292,4 +293,17 @@ class SubscribersRepository extends Repository {
     }
     return $this->findOneBy(['wpUserId' => $wpUser->ID]);
   }
+
+  public function findByUpdatedScoreNotInLastMonth(int $limit): array {
+    $dateTime = (new Carbon())->subMonths(1);
+    return $this->entityManager->createQueryBuilder()
+      ->select('s')
+      ->from(SubscriberEntity::class, 's')
+      ->where('s.engagementScoreUpdatedAt IS NULL')
+      ->orWhere('s.engagementScoreUpdatedAt < :dateTime')
+      ->setParameter('dateTime', $dateTime)
+      ->getQuery()
+      ->setMaxResults($limit)
+      ->getResult();
+  }
 }