diff --git a/scripts/download_db.sh b/scripts/download_db.sh
index fbf594f..d50681c 100755
--- a/scripts/download_db.sh
+++ b/scripts/download_db.sh
@@ -30,18 +30,50 @@ cd "$DATA_DIR"
 
 # get date as YYYY-MM-DD
 get_date() {
+  local offset=${1:-0}
   # macOS
   if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
-    date -v -"$1"d '+%Y-%m-%d'    
+    date -u -v -"$offset"d '+%Y-%m-%d'
   # linux
   else
-    date -d "-$1 days" '+%Y-%m-%d'
+    date -u -d "-$offset days" '+%Y-%m-%d'
   fi
 }
 
+# get most recent GMT hour as HHMM
+get_hour() {
+  local offset=${1:-0}
+  # macOS
+  if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
+    date -u -v -"$offset"H '+%H00'
+  # linux
+  else
+    date -u -d "-$offset hours" '+%H00'
+  fi
+}
+
+
+# Look for the most recent archive node DB dump from the last 3 hours
+for i in $(seq 0 2); do
+  DATE=$(get_date)
+  HOUR=$(get_hour "$i")
+  FILE="${NETWORK}-archive-dump-${DATE}_${HOUR}.sql.tar.gz"
+  URL="${BASE_URL}/${FILE}"
+
+  echo "Attempting to download archive node DB dump from: $URL"
+
+  # abort download if the file is an XML error page
+  if curl -# -O "$URL" && ! grep -q "<Error>" "$FILE"; then
+    tar -xf "$FILE"
+    mv "${FILE%.tar.gz}" "$PG_DUMP"
+    rm "$FILE"
+    echo "Downloaded and extracted to $DATA_DIR/$PG_DUMP"
+    exit 0
+  fi
+done
 
-# look for most recent db dump up to 10 days old
-for i in $(seq 0 9); do
+# If not found, try the last 3 days at 00:00
+for i in $(seq 0 2); do
   DATE=$(get_date "$i")
   FILE="${NETWORK}-archive-dump-${DATE}_0000.sql.tar.gz"
   URL="${BASE_URL}/${FILE}"
@@ -49,7 +81,7 @@ for i in $(seq 0 9); do
   echo "Attempting to download archive node DB dump from: $URL"
 
   # abort download if the file is an XML error page
-  if curl -sf -O "$URL" && ! grep -q "<Error>" "$FILE"; then
+  if curl -# -O "$URL" && ! grep -q "<Error>" "$FILE"; then
     tar -xf "$FILE"
     mv "${FILE%.tar.gz}" "$PG_DUMP"
     rm "$FILE"
@@ -58,5 +90,5 @@ for i in $(seq 0 9); do
   fi
 done
 
-echo "No valid dump found for network=$NETWORK in the last 10 days"
+echo "No valid dump found for network=$NETWORK in the last 3 days"
 exit 1