diff --git a/lib/app/index.js b/lib/app/index.js
index 711715ccbf..1d2cfdd888 100644
--- a/lib/app/index.js
+++ b/lib/app/index.js
@@ -324,12 +324,8 @@ ready(function(model) {
       });
     }
   };
-  setTimeout(function() {
-    return poormanscron();
-  }, 2000);
-  setInterval(function() {
-    return poormanscron();
-  }, 3600000);
+  setTimeout(poormanscron, 2000);
+  setInterval(poormanscron, 3600000);
   return exports.endOfDayTally = function(e, el) {
     return scoring.tally();
   };
diff --git a/lib/app/schema.js b/lib/app/schema.js
index 92dcaff27b..c198b6851f 100644
--- a/lib/app/schema.js
+++ b/lib/app/schema.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 var userSchema;
 
 module.exports.userSchema = userSchema = {
+  balance: 2,
   stats: {
     money: 0,
     exp: 0,
diff --git a/src/app/index.coffee b/src/app/index.coffee
index 44fa635e8d..2faf09baca 100644
--- a/src/app/index.coffee
+++ b/src/app/index.coffee
@@ -262,12 +262,8 @@ ready (model) ->
         scoring.tally(tallyFor) 
   # FIXME seems can't call poormanscron() instantly, have to call after some time (2s here)
   # Doesn't do anything otherwise. Don't know why... model not initialized enough yet?   
-  setTimeout () -> # Run once on refresh
-    poormanscron() 
-  , 2000
-  setInterval () -> # Then run once every hour
-    poormanscron()
-  , 3600000
+  setTimeout poormanscron, 2000 # Run once on refresh
+  setInterval poormanscron, 3600000 # Then run once every hour
   
   # ========== DEBUGGING ==========
   
diff --git a/src/app/schema.coffee b/src/app/schema.coffee
index 2da64f4ea3..abb11d21a2 100644
--- a/src/app/schema.coffee
+++ b/src/app/schema.coffee
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 
-module.exports.userSchema = userSchema = { 
+module.exports.userSchema = userSchema = {
+  balance: 2
   stats: { money: 0, exp: 0, lvl: 1, hp: 50 }
   items: { itemsEnabled: false, armor: 0, weapon: 0, rerollsRemaining: 5 }
   tasks: {}
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ module.exports.userSchema = userSchema = {
 }  
   
 module.exports.updateSchema = (model) ->
-  return
+  return # not using, will revisit this later
   # Reset history, remove inactive users
   model.fetch 'users', (err, users) ->
     _.each users.get(), (userObj) ->