diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index bfd60df..067e8cc 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ RUN pip3 install \
  requests \
  osmium \
  pyyaml
- 
+
 # Install carto for stylesheet
 RUN npm install -g carto@0.18.2
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2d0efdc..ee09f40 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ Given that you've set up your import as described in the *Automatic updates* sec
 ```
 docker run \
     -p 8080:80 \
+    -e REPLICATION_URL=https://planet.openstreetmap.org/replication/minute/ \
+    -e MAX_INTERVAL_SECONDS=60 \
     -e UPDATES=enabled \
     -v osm-data:/data/database/ \
     -v osm-tiles:/data/tiles/ \
diff --git a/openstreetmap-tiles-update-expire.sh b/openstreetmap-tiles-update-expire.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 87e73e5..0b470e0
--- a/openstreetmap-tiles-update-expire.sh
+++ b/openstreetmap-tiles-update-expire.sh
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ EXPIRY_TOUCHFROM=13
 EXPIRY_DELETEFROM=19
 EXPIRY_MAXZOOM=20
 
+
+REPLICATION_URL=${REPLICATION_URL:="https://planet.openstreetmap.org/replication/hour/"}
+MAX_INTERVAL_SECONDS=${MAX_INTERVAL_SECONDS:="3600"}
+
 #*************************************************************************
 #*************************************************************************
 
@@ -109,14 +113,16 @@ freelock()
 if [ $# -eq 1 ] ; then
     m_info "Initialising Osmosis replication system to $1"
     mkdir -p $WORKOSM_DIR
+    $OSMOSIS_BIN -v 5 --read-replication-interval-init workingDirectory=$WORKOSM_DIR 1>&2 2> "$OSMOSISLOG"
 
-    $OSMOSIS_BIN --read-replication-interval-init workingDirectory=$WORKOSM_DIR 1>&2 2> "$OSMOSISLOG"
+    init_seq=$(pyosmium-get-changes --server $REPLICATION_URL -D $1)
+    url_dynamicPart=$(printf %09d $init_seq | sed 's_\([0-9][0-9][0-9]\)\([0-9][0-9][0-9]\)\([0-9][0-9][0-9]\)_\1/\2/\3_')
+    wget $REPLICATION_URL/$url_dynamicPart.state.txt -O $WORKOSM_DIR/state.txt
 
-    wget "https://replicate-sequences.osm.mazdermind.de/?"$1"T00:00:00Z" -O $WORKOSM_DIR/state.txt
-
-    mv $WORKOSM_DIR/configuration.txt $WORKOSM_DIR/configuration_orig.txt
-    sed "s!baseUrl=http://planet.openstreetmap.org/replication/minute!baseUrl=https://planet.openstreetmap.org/replication/minute!" $WORKOSM_DIR/configuration_orig.txt > $WORKOSM_DIR/configuration.txt
-    exit 0
+    cat > $WORKOSM_DIR/configuration.txt <<- EOM
+baseUrl=$REPLICATION_URL
+maxInterval=$MAX_INTERVAL_SECONDS
+EOM
 fi
 
 # make sure the lockfile is removed when we exit and then claim it
diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
index 1328dc3..7141981 100755
--- a/run.sh
+++ b/run.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
+declare -p | grep -Ev 'BASHOPTS|BASH_VERSINFO|EUID|PPID|SHELLOPTS|UID' > /container.env
+
 function createPostgresConfig() {
   cp /etc/postgresql/14/main/postgresql.custom.conf.tmpl /etc/postgresql/14/main/conf.d/postgresql.custom.conf
   sudo -u postgres echo "autovacuum = $AUTOVACUUM" >> /etc/postgresql/14/main/conf.d/postgresql.custom.conf