diff --git a/src/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline/Processors/RetrieveTweetsProcessor.cs b/src/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline/Processors/RetrieveTweetsProcessor.cs
index ef20cad..ffcf9a9 100644
--- a/src/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline/Processors/RetrieveTweetsProcessor.cs
+++ b/src/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline/Processors/RetrieveTweetsProcessor.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -45,7 +46,8 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Pipeline.Processors
                 else if (tweets.Length > 0 && user.LastTweetPostedId == -1)
                 {
                     var tweetId = tweets.Last().Id;
-                    await _twitterUserDal.UpdateTwitterUserAsync(user.Id, tweetId, tweetId);
+                    var now = DateTime.UtcNow;
+                    await _twitterUserDal.UpdateTwitterUserAsync(user.Id, tweetId, tweetId, now);
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/src/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline/Processors/RetrieveTwitterUsersProcessor.cs b/src/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline/Processors/RetrieveTwitterUsersProcessor.cs
index f556831..847e23c 100644
--- a/src/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline/Processors/RetrieveTwitterUsersProcessor.cs
+++ b/src/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline/Processors/RetrieveTwitterUsersProcessor.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow;
 using BirdsiteLive.Common.Extensions;
+using BirdsiteLive.Common.Settings;
 using BirdsiteLive.DAL.Contracts;
 using BirdsiteLive.DAL.Models;
 using BirdsiteLive.Pipeline.Contracts;
@@ -15,12 +16,16 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Pipeline.Processors
     {
         private readonly ITwitterUserDal _twitterUserDal;
         private readonly ILogger<RetrieveTwitterUsersProcessor> _logger;
+        private readonly InstanceSettings _instanceSettings;
+        
         public int WaitFactor = 1000 * 60; //1 min
+        private int StartUpWarming = 4;
 
         #region Ctor
-        public RetrieveTwitterUsersProcessor(ITwitterUserDal twitterUserDal, ILogger<RetrieveTwitterUsersProcessor> logger)
+        public RetrieveTwitterUsersProcessor(ITwitterUserDal twitterUserDal, InstanceSettings instanceSettings, ILogger<RetrieveTwitterUsersProcessor> logger)
         {
             _twitterUserDal = twitterUserDal;
+            _instanceSettings = instanceSettings;
             _logger = logger;
         }
         #endregion
@@ -33,7 +38,11 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Pipeline.Processors
 
                 try
                 {
-                    var users = await _twitterUserDal.GetAllTwitterUsersAsync();
+                    var maxUsers = StartUpWarming > 0
+                        ? _instanceSettings.MaxUsersCapacity / 4
+                        : _instanceSettings.MaxUsersCapacity;
+                    StartUpWarming--;
+                    var users = await _twitterUserDal.GetAllTwitterUsersAsync(maxUsers);
 
                     var userCount = users.Any() ? users.Length : 1;
                     var splitNumber = (int) Math.Ceiling(userCount / 15d);
diff --git a/src/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline/Processors/SaveProgressionProcessor.cs b/src/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline/Processors/SaveProgressionProcessor.cs
index 5b305e7..c7cbc36 100644
--- a/src/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline/Processors/SaveProgressionProcessor.cs
+++ b/src/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline/Processors/SaveProgressionProcessor.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System.Linq;
+using System;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using BirdsiteLive.DAL.Contracts;
@@ -23,7 +24,8 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Pipeline.Processors
             var userId = userWithTweetsToSync.User.Id;
             var lastPostedTweet = userWithTweetsToSync.Tweets.Select(x => x.Id).Max();
             var minimumSync = userWithTweetsToSync.Followers.Select(x => x.FollowingsSyncStatus[userId]).Min();
-            await _twitterUserDal.UpdateTwitterUserAsync(userId, lastPostedTweet, minimumSync);
+            var now = DateTime.UtcNow;
+            await _twitterUserDal.UpdateTwitterUserAsync(userId, lastPostedTweet, minimumSync, now);
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/DataAccessLayers/BirdsiteLive.DAL.Postgres/DataAccessLayers/TwitterUserPostgresDal.cs b/src/DataAccessLayers/BirdsiteLive.DAL.Postgres/DataAccessLayers/TwitterUserPostgresDal.cs
index 0cb811f..afbf7d1 100644
--- a/src/DataAccessLayers/BirdsiteLive.DAL.Postgres/DataAccessLayers/TwitterUserPostgresDal.cs
+++ b/src/DataAccessLayers/BirdsiteLive.DAL.Postgres/DataAccessLayers/TwitterUserPostgresDal.cs
@@ -62,15 +62,15 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.DAL.Postgres.DataAccessLayers
             }
         }
 
-        public async Task<SyncTwitterUser[]> GetAllTwitterUsersAsync()
+        public async Task<SyncTwitterUser[]> GetAllTwitterUsersAsync(int maxNumber)
         {
-            var query = $"SELECT * FROM {_settings.TwitterUserTableName}";
+            var query = $"SELECT * FROM {_settings.TwitterUserTableName} ORDER BY lastSync ASC LIMIT @maxNumber";
 
             using (var dbConnection = Connection)
             {
                 dbConnection.Open();
 
-                var result = await dbConnection.QueryAsync<SyncTwitterUser>(query);
+                var result = await dbConnection.QueryAsync<SyncTwitterUser>(query, new { maxNumber });
                 return result.ToArray();
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/DataAccessLayers/BirdsiteLive.DAL/Contracts/ITwitterUserDal.cs b/src/DataAccessLayers/BirdsiteLive.DAL/Contracts/ITwitterUserDal.cs
index 65d9697..1fa8127 100644
--- a/src/DataAccessLayers/BirdsiteLive.DAL/Contracts/ITwitterUserDal.cs
+++ b/src/DataAccessLayers/BirdsiteLive.DAL/Contracts/ITwitterUserDal.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.DAL.Contracts
     {
         Task CreateTwitterUserAsync(string acct, long lastTweetPostedId);
         Task<SyncTwitterUser> GetTwitterUserAsync(string acct);
-        Task<SyncTwitterUser[]> GetAllTwitterUsersAsync();
+        Task<SyncTwitterUser[]> GetAllTwitterUsersAsync(int maxNumber);
         Task UpdateTwitterUserAsync(int id, long lastTweetPostedId, long lastTweetSynchronizedForAllFollowersId, DateTime lastSync);
         Task DeleteTwitterUserAsync(string acct);
         Task<int> GetTwitterUsersCountAsync();
diff --git a/src/Tests/BirdsiteLive.DAL.Postgres.Tests/DataAccessLayers/TwitterUserPostgresDalTests.cs b/src/Tests/BirdsiteLive.DAL.Postgres.Tests/DataAccessLayers/TwitterUserPostgresDalTests.cs
index 5fa600c..6a1e96b 100644
--- a/src/Tests/BirdsiteLive.DAL.Postgres.Tests/DataAccessLayers/TwitterUserPostgresDalTests.cs
+++ b/src/Tests/BirdsiteLive.DAL.Postgres.Tests/DataAccessLayers/TwitterUserPostgresDalTests.cs
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.DAL.Postgres.Tests.DataAccessLayers
                 await dal.CreateTwitterUserAsync(acct, lastTweetId);
             }
 
-            var result = await dal.GetAllTwitterUsersAsync();
+            var result = await dal.GetAllTwitterUsersAsync(1000);
             Assert.AreEqual(1000, result.Length);
             Assert.IsFalse(result[0].Id == default);
             Assert.IsFalse(result[0].Acct == default);
diff --git a/src/Tests/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline.Tests/Processors/RetrieveTweetsProcessorTests.cs b/src/Tests/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline.Tests/Processors/RetrieveTweetsProcessorTests.cs
index 2bf5d74..d66c2f7 100644
--- a/src/Tests/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline.Tests/Processors/RetrieveTweetsProcessorTests.cs
+++ b/src/Tests/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline.Tests/Processors/RetrieveTweetsProcessorTests.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -54,7 +55,8 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Pipeline.Tests.Processors
                 .Setup(x => x.UpdateTwitterUserAsync(
                     It.Is<int>(y => y == user1.Id),
                     It.Is<long>(y => y == tweets.Last().Id),
-                    It.Is<long>(y => y == tweets.Last().Id)
+                    It.Is<long>(y => y == tweets.Last().Id),
+                    It.IsAny<DateTime>()
                 ))
                 .Returns(Task.CompletedTask);
             #endregion
diff --git a/src/Tests/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline.Tests/Processors/RetrieveTwitterUsersProcessorTests.cs b/src/Tests/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline.Tests/Processors/RetrieveTwitterUsersProcessorTests.cs
index 12c5682..6323889 100644
--- a/src/Tests/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline.Tests/Processors/RetrieveTwitterUsersProcessorTests.cs
+++ b/src/Tests/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline.Tests/Processors/RetrieveTwitterUsersProcessorTests.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow;
+using BirdsiteLive.Common.Settings;
 using BirdsiteLive.DAL.Contracts;
 using BirdsiteLive.DAL.Models;
 using BirdsiteLive.Pipeline.Processors;
@@ -26,18 +27,23 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Pipeline.Tests.Processors
                 new SyncTwitterUser(),
                 new SyncTwitterUser(),
             };
+            var settings = new InstanceSettings
+            {
+                MaxUsersCapacity = 10
+            };
             #endregion
 
             #region Mocks
             var twitterUserDalMock = new Mock<ITwitterUserDal>(MockBehavior.Strict);
             twitterUserDalMock
-                .Setup(x => x.GetAllTwitterUsersAsync())
+                .Setup(x => x.GetAllTwitterUsersAsync(
+                    It.Is<int>(y => y == settings.MaxUsersCapacity)))
                 .ReturnsAsync(users);
 
             var loggerMock = new Mock<ILogger<RetrieveTwitterUsersProcessor>>();
             #endregion
 
-            var processor = new RetrieveTwitterUsersProcessor(twitterUserDalMock.Object, loggerMock.Object);
+            var processor = new RetrieveTwitterUsersProcessor(twitterUserDalMock.Object, settings, loggerMock.Object);
             processor.WaitFactor = 10;
             processor.GetTwitterUsersAsync(buffer, CancellationToken.None);
 
@@ -60,19 +66,25 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Pipeline.Tests.Processors
 
             for (var i = 0; i < 30; i++)
                 users.Add(new SyncTwitterUser());
+
+            var settings = new InstanceSettings
+            {
+                MaxUsersCapacity = 100
+            };
             #endregion
 
             #region Mocks
             var twitterUserDalMock = new Mock<ITwitterUserDal>(MockBehavior.Strict);
             twitterUserDalMock
-                .SetupSequence(x => x.GetAllTwitterUsersAsync())
+                .SetupSequence(x => x.GetAllTwitterUsersAsync(
+                    It.Is<int>(y => y == settings.MaxUsersCapacity)))
                 .ReturnsAsync(users.ToArray())
                 .ReturnsAsync(new SyncTwitterUser[0]);
 
             var loggerMock = new Mock<ILogger<RetrieveTwitterUsersProcessor>>();
             #endregion
 
-            var processor = new RetrieveTwitterUsersProcessor(twitterUserDalMock.Object, loggerMock.Object);
+            var processor = new RetrieveTwitterUsersProcessor(twitterUserDalMock.Object, settings, loggerMock.Object);
             processor.WaitFactor = 2;
             processor.GetTwitterUsersAsync(buffer, CancellationToken.None);
 
@@ -95,19 +107,25 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Pipeline.Tests.Processors
 
             for (var i = 0; i < 31; i++)
                 users.Add(new SyncTwitterUser());
+
+            var settings = new InstanceSettings
+            {
+                MaxUsersCapacity = 10
+            };
             #endregion
 
             #region Mocks
             var twitterUserDalMock = new Mock<ITwitterUserDal>(MockBehavior.Strict);
             twitterUserDalMock
-                .SetupSequence(x => x.GetAllTwitterUsersAsync())
+                .SetupSequence(x => x.GetAllTwitterUsersAsync(
+                    It.Is<int>(y => y == settings.MaxUsersCapacity)))
                 .ReturnsAsync(users.ToArray())
                 .ReturnsAsync(new SyncTwitterUser[0]);
 
             var loggerMock = new Mock<ILogger<RetrieveTwitterUsersProcessor>>();
             #endregion
 
-            var processor = new RetrieveTwitterUsersProcessor(twitterUserDalMock.Object, loggerMock.Object);
+            var processor = new RetrieveTwitterUsersProcessor(twitterUserDalMock.Object, settings, loggerMock.Object);
             processor.WaitFactor = 2;
             processor.GetTwitterUsersAsync(buffer, CancellationToken.None);
 
@@ -126,18 +144,24 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Pipeline.Tests.Processors
         {
             #region Stubs
             var buffer = new BufferBlock<SyncTwitterUser[]>();
+
+            var settings = new InstanceSettings
+            {
+                MaxUsersCapacity = 10
+            };
             #endregion
 
             #region Mocks
             var twitterUserDalMock = new Mock<ITwitterUserDal>(MockBehavior.Strict);
             twitterUserDalMock
-                .Setup(x => x.GetAllTwitterUsersAsync())
+                .Setup(x => x.GetAllTwitterUsersAsync(
+                    It.Is<int>(y => y == settings.MaxUsersCapacity)))
                 .ReturnsAsync(new SyncTwitterUser[0]);
 
             var loggerMock = new Mock<ILogger<RetrieveTwitterUsersProcessor>>();
             #endregion
 
-            var processor = new RetrieveTwitterUsersProcessor(twitterUserDalMock.Object, loggerMock.Object);
+            var processor = new RetrieveTwitterUsersProcessor(twitterUserDalMock.Object, settings, loggerMock.Object);
             processor.WaitFactor = 1;
             processor.GetTwitterUsersAsync(buffer, CancellationToken.None);
 
@@ -154,18 +178,24 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Pipeline.Tests.Processors
         {
             #region Stubs
             var buffer = new BufferBlock<SyncTwitterUser[]>();
+
+            var settings = new InstanceSettings
+            {
+                MaxUsersCapacity = 10
+            };
             #endregion
 
             #region Mocks
             var twitterUserDalMock = new Mock<ITwitterUserDal>(MockBehavior.Strict);
             twitterUserDalMock
-                .Setup(x => x.GetAllTwitterUsersAsync())
+                .Setup(x => x.GetAllTwitterUsersAsync(
+                    It.Is<int>(y => y == settings.MaxUsersCapacity)))
                 .Returns(async () => await DelayFaultedTask<SyncTwitterUser[]>(new Exception()));
 
             var loggerMock = new Mock<ILogger<RetrieveTwitterUsersProcessor>>();
             #endregion
 
-            var processor = new RetrieveTwitterUsersProcessor(twitterUserDalMock.Object, loggerMock.Object);
+            var processor = new RetrieveTwitterUsersProcessor(twitterUserDalMock.Object, settings, loggerMock.Object);
             processor.WaitFactor = 10;
             var t = processor.GetTwitterUsersAsync(buffer, CancellationToken.None);
 
@@ -185,6 +215,11 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Pipeline.Tests.Processors
             var buffer = new BufferBlock<SyncTwitterUser[]>();
             var canTokenS = new CancellationTokenSource();
             canTokenS.Cancel();
+
+            var settings = new InstanceSettings
+            {
+                MaxUsersCapacity = 10
+            };
             #endregion
 
             #region Mocks
@@ -192,7 +227,7 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Pipeline.Tests.Processors
             var loggerMock = new Mock<ILogger<RetrieveTwitterUsersProcessor>>();
             #endregion
 
-            var processor = new RetrieveTwitterUsersProcessor(twitterUserDalMock.Object, loggerMock.Object);
+            var processor = new RetrieveTwitterUsersProcessor(twitterUserDalMock.Object, settings, loggerMock.Object);
             processor.WaitFactor = 1;
             await processor.GetTwitterUsersAsync(buffer, canTokenS.Token);
         }
diff --git a/src/Tests/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline.Tests/Processors/SaveProgressionProcessorTests.cs b/src/Tests/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline.Tests/Processors/SaveProgressionProcessorTests.cs
index d3880e6..b2a99b9 100644
--- a/src/Tests/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline.Tests/Processors/SaveProgressionProcessorTests.cs
+++ b/src/Tests/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline.Tests/Processors/SaveProgressionProcessorTests.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using BirdsiteLive.DAL.Contracts;
@@ -60,7 +61,8 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Pipeline.Tests.Processors
                 .Setup(x => x.UpdateTwitterUserAsync(
                     It.Is<int>(y => y == user.Id),
                     It.Is<long>(y => y == tweet2.Id),
-                    It.Is<long>(y => y == tweet2.Id)
+                    It.Is<long>(y => y == tweet2.Id),
+                    It.IsAny<DateTime>()
                 ))
                 .Returns(Task.CompletedTask);
             #endregion
@@ -123,7 +125,8 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Pipeline.Tests.Processors
                 .Setup(x => x.UpdateTwitterUserAsync(
                     It.Is<int>(y => y == user.Id),
                     It.Is<long>(y => y == tweet3.Id),
-                    It.Is<long>(y => y == tweet2.Id)
+                    It.Is<long>(y => y == tweet2.Id),
+                    It.IsAny<DateTime>()
                 ))
                 .Returns(Task.CompletedTask);
             #endregion
@@ -194,7 +197,8 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Pipeline.Tests.Processors
                 .Setup(x => x.UpdateTwitterUserAsync(
                     It.Is<int>(y => y == user.Id),
                     It.Is<long>(y => y == tweet3.Id),
-                    It.Is<long>(y => y == tweet2.Id)
+                    It.Is<long>(y => y == tweet2.Id),
+                    It.IsAny<DateTime>()
                 ))
                 .Returns(Task.CompletedTask);
             #endregion