diff --git a/lib/app/index.js b/lib/app/index.js
index f4187c8e2c..dc7624e057 100644
--- a/lib/app/index.js
+++ b/lib/app/index.js
@@ -290,21 +290,18 @@ ready(function(model) {
     return model.set('_items.weapon', content.items.weapon[1]);
   };
   exports.poormanscron = poormanscron = function() {
-    var daysPassed, lastCron, n, today, _k, _results;
+    var daysPassed, lastCron, n, today, _k;
     today = new Date();
     model.setNull('_user.lastCron', today);
     lastCron = model.get('_user.lastCron');
     daysPassed = helpers.daysBetween(lastCron, today);
     if (daysPassed > 0) {
-      model.set('_user.lastCron', today);
-      _results = [];
       for (n = _k = 1; 1 <= daysPassed ? _k <= daysPassed : _k >= daysPassed; n = 1 <= daysPassed ? ++_k : --_k) {
-        _results.push(scoring.tally(model));
+        scoring.tally(model);
       }
-      return _results;
+      return model.set('_user.lastCron', today);
     }
   };
-  poormanscron();
   setInterval((function() {
     return poormanscron();
   }), 3600000);
diff --git a/lib/app/scoring.js b/lib/app/scoring.js
index a188484a48..a2fedde0fb 100644
--- a/lib/app/scoring.js
+++ b/lib/app/scoring.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Generated by CoffeeScript 1.3.3
-var content, expModifier, hpModifier, score, tally, updateStats;
+var content, expModifier, hpModifier, updateStats;
 
 content = require('./content');
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ updateStats = function(user, stats) {
   }
 };
 
-module.exports.score = score = function(spec) {
+module.exports.score = function(spec) {
   var adjustvalue, cron, delta, direction, exp, hp, lvl, money, sign, task, type, user, value, _ref, _ref1;
   if (spec == null) {
     spec = {
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ module.exports.score = score = function(spec) {
   return delta;
 };
 
-module.exports.tally = tally = function(model) {
+module.exports.tally = function(model) {
   var absVal, completed, expTally, key, lvl, task, todoTally, type, user, value, _ref;
   user = model.at('_user');
   todoTally = 0;
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ module.exports.tally = tally = function(model) {
     _ref = [task.get('type'), task.get('value'), task.get('completed')], type = _ref[0], value = _ref[1], completed = _ref[2];
     if (type === 'todo' || type === 'daily') {
       if (!completed) {
-        score({
+        module.exports.score({
           user: user,
           task: task,
           direction: 'down',
diff --git a/src/app/index.coffee b/src/app/index.coffee
index 81149af0a4..4b26fa5f64 100644
--- a/src/app/index.coffee
+++ b/src/app/index.coffee
@@ -236,16 +236,18 @@ ready (model) ->
   # ========== CRON ==========
   
   #TODO: remove when cron implemented 
-  exports.poormanscron = poormanscron = ->
+  exports.poormanscron = poormanscron = () ->
     today = new Date()
     model.setNull('_user.lastCron', today)
     lastCron = model.get('_user.lastCron')
     daysPassed = helpers.daysBetween(lastCron, today)
     if daysPassed > 0
-      model.set('_user.lastCron', today) # reset cron
       for n in [1..daysPassed]
-        scoring.tally(model)
-  poormanscron() # Run once on refresh
+        scoring.tally(model) 
+      model.set('_user.lastCron', today) # reset cron
+  ## FIXME scoring.tally isn't working for calling poormanscron() on refresh, but does
+  ## for setInterval & button-click -- what's going on?     
+  # poormanscron() # Run once on refresh
   setInterval (-> # Then run once every hour
     poormanscron()
   ), 3600000
diff --git a/src/app/scoring.coffee b/src/app/scoring.coffee
index 7b543ac486..714eab388b 100644
--- a/src/app/scoring.coffee
+++ b/src/app/scoring.coffee
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ updateStats = (user, stats) ->
     money = 0.0 if (!money? or money<0)
     user.set 'stats.money', stats.money
     
-module.exports.score = score = (spec = {user:null, task:null, direction:null, cron:null}) ->
+module.exports.score = (spec = {user:null, task:null, direction:null, cron:null}) ->
   # console.log spec, "scoring.coffee: score( ->spec<- )" 
   [user, task, direction, cron] = [spec.user, spec.task, spec.direction, spec.cron]
   
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ module.exports.score = score = (spec = {user:null, task:null, direction:null, cr
 
 # At end of day, add value to all incomplete Daily & Todo tasks (further incentive)
 # For incomplete Dailys, deduct experience
-module.exports.tally = tally = (model) ->
+module.exports.tally = (model) ->
   # users = model.at('users') #TODO this isn't working, iterate over all users
   # for user in users
   user = model.at '_user'
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ module.exports.tally = tally = (model) ->
     if type in ['todo', 'daily']
       # Deduct experience for missed Daily tasks, 
       # but not for Todos (just increase todo's value)
-      score({user:user, task:task, direction:'down', cron:true}) unless completed
+      module.exports.score({user:user, task:task, direction:'down', cron:true}) unless completed
       if type == 'daily'
         task.push "history", { date: new Date(), value: value }
       else