diff --git a/clockwork_web/core/users_helper.py b/clockwork_web/core/users_helper.py
index 86862e64..47b5fd74 100644
--- a/clockwork_web/core/users_helper.py
+++ b/clockwork_web/core/users_helper.py
@@ -592,33 +592,38 @@ def render_template_with_user_settings(template_name_or_list, **context):
 
     # Get cluster status (if jobs are old and cluster has error).
     for cluster_name in context["clusters"]:
-        # Default status values.
-        jobs_are_old = False
+        # Cluster error cannot yet be checked, so
+        # cluster_has_error is always False for now.
         cluster_has_error = False
+        context["clusters"][cluster_name]["status"] = {
+            "jobs_are_old": _jobs_are_old(cluster_name),
+            "cluster_has_error": cluster_has_error,
+        }
+
+    return render_template(template_name_or_list, **context)
+
+
+def _jobs_are_old(cluster_name):
+    """Return True if last slurm update in given cluster is older than 2 days."""
+
+    jobs_are_old = False
 
-        # Check if jobs are old.
-        jobs, _ = get_jobs(cluster_names=[cluster_name])
-        job_dates = [
-            job["cw"]["last_slurm_update"]
-            for job in jobs
-            if "last_slurm_update" in job["cw"]
-        ]
-        if job_dates:
-            most_recent_job_edition = max(job_dates)
+    mongodb_filter = {"slurm.cluster_name": cluster_name}
+    mc = get_db()
+    job_with_max_cw_last_slurm_update = list(
+        mc["jobs"].find(mongodb_filter).sort([("cw.last_slurm_update", -1)]).limit(1)
+    )
+
+    if job_with_max_cw_last_slurm_update:
+        (job,) = job_with_max_cw_last_slurm_update
+        if "last_slurm_update" in job["cw"]:
+            most_recent_job_edition = job["cw"]["last_slurm_update"]
             current_timestamp = datetime.now().timestamp()
             elapsed_time = timedelta(
                 seconds=current_timestamp - most_recent_job_edition
             )
-            # Let's say the latest jobs edition must not be older than 30 days ago.
-            max_delay = timedelta(days=30)
+            # Let's say the latest jobs edition must not be older than max_delay.
+            max_delay = timedelta(days=2)
             jobs_are_old = elapsed_time > max_delay
 
-        # Cluster error cannot yet be checked, so
-        # cluster_has_error is always False for now.
-
-        context["clusters"][cluster_name]["status"] = {
-            "jobs_are_old": jobs_are_old,
-            "cluster_has_error": cluster_has_error,
-        }
-
-    return render_template(template_name_or_list, **context)
+    return jobs_are_old