diff --git a/server/chat-plugins/daily-spotlight.ts b/server/chat-plugins/daily-spotlight.ts
index 0d797d8e20..380b6c8236 100644
--- a/server/chat-plugins/daily-spotlight.ts
+++ b/server/chat-plugins/daily-spotlight.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ function nextDaily() {
 
 const midnight = new Date();
 midnight.setHours(24, 0, 0, 0);
-let timeout = setTimeout(nextDaily, midnight.valueOf() - Date.now());
+let timeout = setTimeout(nextDaily, midnight.getTime() - Date.now());
 
 export async function renderSpotlight(roomid: RoomID, key: string, index: number) {
 	let imgHTML = '';
diff --git a/server/chat-plugins/seasons.ts b/server/chat-plugins/seasons.ts
index 06a20e4271..6e79e7fe89 100644
--- a/server/chat-plugins/seasons.ts
+++ b/server/chat-plugins/seasons.ts
@@ -228,8 +228,7 @@ export function rollTimer() {
 	void updateBadgeholders();
 	const time = Date.now();
 	const next = new Date();
-	next.setHours(next.getHours() + 1);
-	next.setMinutes(0, 0, 0);
+	next.setHours(next.getHours() + 1, 0, 0, 0);
 	updateTimeout = setTimeout(() => rollTimer(), next.getTime() - time);
 
 	const discussionRoom = Rooms.search('seasondiscussion');
diff --git a/server/private-messages/index.ts b/server/private-messages/index.ts
index 330f91a424..1c48b49a34 100644
--- a/server/private-messages/index.ts
+++ b/server/private-messages/index.ts
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ export const PrivateMessages = new class {
 		if (!PM.isParentProcess) return null!;
 		const time = Date.now();
 		// even though we expire once a week atm, we check once a day
-		const nextMidnight = new Date(time + 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
-		nextMidnight.setHours(0, 0, 1);
+		const nextMidnight = new Date();
+		nextMidnight.setHours(24, 0, 0, 0);
 		if (this.clearInterval) clearTimeout(this.clearInterval);
 		this.clearInterval = setTimeout(() => {
 			void this.clearOffline();
diff --git a/server/roomlogs.ts b/server/roomlogs.ts
index 15c99dae71..841a466339 100644
--- a/server/roomlogs.ts
+++ b/server/roomlogs.ts
@@ -327,8 +327,8 @@ export class Roomlog {
 			log.setupRoomlogStream();
 		}
 		const time = Date.now();
-		const nextMidnight = new Date(time + 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
-		nextMidnight.setHours(0, 0, 1);
+		const nextMidnight = new Date();
+		nextMidnight.setHours(24, 0, 0, 0);
 		Roomlogs.rollLogTimer = setTimeout(() => Roomlog.rollLogs(), nextMidnight.getTime() - time);
 	}
 	truncate() {