diff --git a/app/workers/repository_check/batch_worker.rb b/app/workers/repository_check/batch_worker.rb
index 44b3145d50f3246c8b6db523fbb4ec494f45c79c..a3e16fa5212dff6f273638ebcf0e9ff85dd57852 100644
--- a/app/workers/repository_check/batch_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/repository_check/batch_worker.rb
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ module RepositoryCheck
     # has to sit and wait for this query to finish.
     def project_ids
       limit = 10_000
-      never_checked_projects = Project.where('last_repository_check_at IS NULL').limit(limit).
-        pluck(:id)
+      never_checked_projects = Project.where('last_repository_check_at IS NULL AND created_at < ?', 24.hours.ago).
+        limit(limit).pluck(:id)
       old_check_projects = Project.where('last_repository_check_at < ?', 1.month.ago).
         reorder('last_repository_check_at ASC').limit(limit).pluck(:id)
       never_checked_projects + old_check_projects
diff --git a/spec/workers/repository_check/batch_worker_spec.rb b/spec/workers/repository_check/batch_worker_spec.rb
index f486e45ddad67a305aa46cc461406998a2eee759..27727d6abf923265c2840d81c5bcf05b76ba2b98 100644
--- a/spec/workers/repository_check/batch_worker_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/workers/repository_check/batch_worker_spec.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ describe RepositoryCheck::BatchWorker do
   subject { described_class.new }
 
   it 'prefers projects that have never been checked' do
-    projects = create_list(:project, 3)
+    projects = create_list(:project, 3, created_at: 1.week.ago)
     projects[0].update_column(:last_repository_check_at, 4.months.ago)
     projects[2].update_column(:last_repository_check_at, 3.months.ago)
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ describe RepositoryCheck::BatchWorker do
   end
 
   it 'sorts projects by last_repository_check_at' do
-    projects = create_list(:project, 3)
+    projects = create_list(:project, 3, created_at: 1.week.ago)
     projects[0].update_column(:last_repository_check_at, 2.months.ago)
     projects[1].update_column(:last_repository_check_at, 4.months.ago)
     projects[2].update_column(:last_repository_check_at, 3.months.ago)
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ describe RepositoryCheck::BatchWorker do
   end
 
   it 'excludes projects that were checked recently' do
-    projects = create_list(:project, 3)
+    projects = create_list(:project, 3, created_at: 1.week.ago)
     projects[0].update_column(:last_repository_check_at, 2.days.ago)
     projects[1].update_column(:last_repository_check_at, 2.months.ago)
     projects[2].update_column(:last_repository_check_at, 3.days.ago)
@@ -30,10 +30,17 @@ describe RepositoryCheck::BatchWorker do
   end
 
   it 'does nothing when repository checks are disabled' do
-    create(:empty_project)
+    create(:empty_project, created_at: 1.week.ago)
     current_settings = double('settings', repository_checks_enabled: false)
     expect(subject).to receive(:current_settings) { current_settings }
 
     expect(subject.perform).to eq(nil)
   end
+
+  it 'skips projects created less than 24 hours ago' do
+    project = create(:empty_project)
+    project.update_column(:created_at, 23.hours.ago)
+  
+    expect(subject.perform).to eq([])
+  end
 end