diff --git a/production/liquid-sync-assets b/production/liquid-sync-assets
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..feaa1ae3cd
--- /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-update-assets b/production/mempool-update-assets
deleted file mode 100755
index 10debd09b2..0000000000
--- a/production/mempool-update-assets
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env zsh
-set -e
-
-wget -O /mempool/public_html/mainnet/resources/assets.json https://raw.githubusercontent.com/blockstream/asset_registry_db/master/index.json
-wget -O /mempool/public_html/mainnet/resources/assets.minimal.json https://raw.githubusercontent.com/blockstream/asset_registry_db/master/index.minimal.json
-
-wget -O /mempool/public_html/mainnet/resources/assets.json https://raw.githubusercontent.com/blockstream/asset_registry_testnet_db/master/index.json
-wget -O /mempool/public_html/mainnet/resources/assets.minimal.json https://raw.githubusercontent.com/blockstream/asset_registry_testnet_db/master/index.minimal.json
-
-exit 0
diff --git a/production/mempool.crontab b/production/mempool.crontab
index 196c2566ef..705cf02c1d 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
diff --git a/production/nginx/server-common.conf b/production/nginx/server-common.conf
index ee5081ced8..5532076ec5 100644
--- a/production/nginx/server-common.conf
+++ b/production/nginx/server-common.conf
@@ -94,6 +94,24 @@ location /resources/customize. {
 	expires 5m;
 }
 
+# only cache liquid asset registry files for 1 hour
+location = /resources/assets.json {
+	try_files $uri =404;
+	expires 1h;
+}
+location = /resources/assets.minimal.json {
+	try_files $uri =404;
+	expires 1h;
+}
+location = /resources/assets-testnet.json {
+	try_files $uri =404;
+	expires 1h;
+}
+location = /resources/assets-testnet.minimal.json {
+	try_files $uri =404;
+	expires 1h;
+}
+
 # cache /main.f40e91d908a068a2.js forever since they never change
 location ~* ^/.+\..+\.(js|css)$ {
 	try_files /$lang/$uri /en-US/$uri =404;