diff --git a/app/jobs/internal/process_stale_contacts_job.rb b/app/jobs/internal/process_stale_contacts_job.rb
index eaf53be75..a40e73a01 100644
--- a/app/jobs/internal/process_stale_contacts_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/internal/process_stale_contacts_job.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ class Internal::ProcessStaleContactsJob < ApplicationJob
   queue_as :scheduled_jobs
 
   def perform
+    return unless ChatwootApp.chatwoot_cloud?
+
     Account.find_in_batches(batch_size: 100) do |accounts|
       accounts.each do |account|
         Rails.logger.info "Enqueuing RemoveStaleContactsJob for account #{account.id}"
diff --git a/config/schedule.yml b/config/schedule.yml
index f86015de6..afb9d98c7 100644
--- a/config/schedule.yml
+++ b/config/schedule.yml
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ remove_stale_redis_keys_job.rb:
   class: 'Internal::RemoveStaleRedisKeysJob'
   queue: scheduled_jobs
 
-# executed daily at 2230 UTC
-# which is our lowest traffic time
-# process_stale_contacts_job:
-#   cron: '30 22 * * *'
-#   class: 'Internal::ProcessStaleContactsJob'
-#   queue: scheduled_jobs
+#executed daily at 0430 UTC
+# which will be IST 10:00 AM
+process_stale_contacts_job:
+  cron: '30 04 * * *'
+  class: 'Internal::ProcessStaleContactsJob'
+  queue: scheduled_jobs
diff --git a/spec/jobs/internal/process_stale_contacts_job_spec.rb b/spec/jobs/internal/process_stale_contacts_job_spec.rb
index 30648ce9a..412ee06cc 100644
--- a/spec/jobs/internal/process_stale_contacts_job_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/jobs/internal/process_stale_contacts_job_spec.rb
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ RSpec.describe Internal::ProcessStaleContactsJob do
   subject(:job) { described_class.perform_later }
 
   it 'enqueues the job' do
+    allow(ChatwootApp).to receive(:chatwoot_cloud?).and_return(true)
     expect { job }.to have_enqueued_job(described_class)
       .on_queue('scheduled_jobs')
   end
 
   it 'enqueues RemoveStaleContactsJob for each account' do
+    allow(ChatwootApp).to receive(:chatwoot_cloud?).and_return(true)
     account1 = create(:account)
     account2 = create(:account)
     account3 = create(:account)
@@ -25,10 +27,20 @@ RSpec.describe Internal::ProcessStaleContactsJob do
   end
 
   it 'processes accounts in batches' do
+    allow(ChatwootApp).to receive(:chatwoot_cloud?).and_return(true)
     account = create(:account)
     allow(Account).to receive(:find_in_batches).with(batch_size: 100).and_yield([account])
 
     expect(Internal::RemoveStaleContactsJob).to receive(:perform_later).with(account)
     described_class.perform_now
   end
+
+  it 'does not process accounts when not in cloud environment' do
+    allow(ChatwootApp).to receive(:chatwoot_cloud?).and_return(false)
+    create(:account)
+
+    expect(Account).not_to receive(:find_in_batches)
+    expect(Internal::RemoveStaleContactsJob).not_to receive(:perform_later)
+    described_class.perform_now
+  end
 end