diff --git a/lib/covid_report_lib.py b/lib/covid_report_lib.py
index 02e51cc..1d455ab 100644
--- a/lib/covid_report_lib.py
+++ b/lib/covid_report_lib.py
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ async def background_task(client, config_dict):
                 for selection in config_dict['report_selections']:
                     await channel.send(get_covid_data(selection))
                 await channel.send(get_top_data(config_dict['report_top_number']))
-            elif(current_hour_and_minute[1] == 0):
+            elif(current_hour_and_minute[1] == 0 or current_hour_and_minute[1] == 30):
                 update_data()
         await sleep(60)
diff --git a/lib/parse_data.py b/lib/parse_data.py
index 565b077..5908578 100755
--- a/lib/parse_data.py
+++ b/lib/parse_data.py
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ def update_data():
                 elif(row.findAll('td')[0] and row.findAll('td')[0].text):
                     set_data(
                         session, row.findAll('td')[0].text.replace(':', ''), [r.text for r in row.findAll('td')])
+    session.close()
 
 
 def format_covid_data(columns, data):