diff --git a/production/liquid-sync-assets b/production/liquid-sync-assets
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..feaa1ae3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/production/liquid-sync-assets
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env zsh
+set -e
+
+export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
+source "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
+nvm use v24.13.0
+
+cd "$HOME/liquid/frontend"
+npm run sync-assets
+
+rsync -av "$HOME/liquid/frontend/dist/mempool/browser/resources/assets"* "$HOME/public_html/liquid/resources/"
diff --git a/production/mempool.crontab b/production/mempool.crontab
index 196c2566e..705cf02c1 100644
--- a/production/mempool.crontab
+++ b/production/mempool.crontab
@@ -5,5 +5,4 @@
 37 13 * * * sleep 30 ; /mempool/mempool.space/backup >/dev/null 2>&1 &
 
 # hourly liquid asset update
-6 * * * * cd $HOME/liquid/frontend && npm run sync-assets && rsync -av $HOME/liquid/frontend/dist/mempool/browser/resources/assets* $HOME/public_html/liquid/resources/ >/dev/null 2>&1
-
+6 * * * * $HOME/mempool/production/liquid-sync-assets >/dev/null 2>&1