diff --git a/src/main/java/com/threerings/user/LoginThrottle.java b/src/main/java/com/threerings/user/LoginThrottle.java
index 0e208d8..a5e9dac 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/threerings/user/LoginThrottle.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/threerings/user/LoginThrottle.java
@@ -22,10 +22,8 @@ public class LoginThrottle<K>
     {
         _maxLogins = maxLogins;
 
-        (new Interval() {
-            @Override
-            public void expired ()
-            {
+        (new Interval(Interval.RUN_DIRECT) {
+            @Override public void expired () {
                 synchronized(_recentLogins) {
                     _recentLogins.clear();
                 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/threerings/user/depot/DepotUserManager.java b/src/main/java/com/threerings/user/depot/DepotUserManager.java
index d70eddc..d54f461 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/threerings/user/depot/DepotUserManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/threerings/user/depot/DepotUserManager.java
@@ -168,14 +168,11 @@ public class DepotUserManager
         }
 
         // register a cron job to prune the session table every hour
-        _pruner = new Interval() {
+        _pruner = new Interval(pruneQueue == null ? Interval.RUN_DIRECT : pruneQueue) {
             @Override public void expired () {
                 _repository.pruneSessions();
             }
         };
-        if (pruneQueue != null) {
-            _pruner.setRunQueue(pruneQueue);
-        }
         _pruner.schedule(SESSION_PRUNE_INTERVAL, true);
 
         // look up the access denied URL