diff --git a/app/Support/Cronjobs/RecurringCronjob.php b/app/Support/Cronjobs/RecurringCronjob.php
index 995f31e777..cc6bb7f901 100644
--- a/app/Support/Cronjobs/RecurringCronjob.php
+++ b/app/Support/Cronjobs/RecurringCronjob.php
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ use Carbon\Carbon;
 use FireflyIII\Exceptions\FireflyException;
 use FireflyIII\Jobs\CreateRecurringTransactions;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Configuration;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\FireflyConfig;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 /**
  * Class RecurringCronjob
@@ -39,34 +41,34 @@ class RecurringCronjob extends AbstractCronjob
      */
     public function fire(): void
     {
-        app('log')->debug(sprintf('Now in %s', __METHOD__));
+        Log::debug(sprintf('Now in %s', __METHOD__));
 
         /** @var Configuration $config */
-        $config        = app('fireflyconfig')->get('last_rt_job', 0);
+        $config        = FireflyConfig::get('last_rt_job', 0);
         $lastTime      = (int) $config->data;
         $diff          = Carbon::now()->getTimestamp() - $lastTime;
         $diffForHumans = today(config('app.timezone'))->diffForHumans(Carbon::createFromTimestamp($lastTime), null, true);
 
         if (0 === $lastTime) {
-            app('log')->info('Recurring transactions cron-job has never fired before.');
+            Log::info('Recurring transactions cron-job has never fired before.');
         }
         // less than half a day ago:
         if ($lastTime > 0 && $diff <= 43200) {
-            app('log')->info(sprintf('It has been %s since the recurring transactions cron-job has fired.', $diffForHumans));
+            Log::info(sprintf('It has been "%s" since the recurring transactions cron-job has fired.', $diffForHumans));
             if (false === $this->force) {
-                app('log')->info('The cron-job will not fire now.');
-                $this->message      = sprintf('It has been %s since the recurring transactions cron-job has fired. It will not fire now.', $diffForHumans);
+                Log::info('The cron-job will not fire now.');
+                $this->message      = sprintf('It has been "%s" since the recurring transactions cron-job has fired. It will not fire now.', $diffForHumans);
                 $this->jobFired     = false;
                 $this->jobErrored   = false;
                 $this->jobSucceeded = false;
 
                 return;
             }
-            app('log')->info('Execution of the recurring transaction cron-job has been FORCED.');
+            Log::info('Execution of the recurring transaction cron-job has been FORCED.');
         }
 
         if ($lastTime > 0 && $diff > 43200) {
-            app('log')->info(sprintf('It has been %s since the recurring transactions cron-job has fired. It will fire now!', $diffForHumans));
+            Log::info(sprintf('It has been "%s" since the recurring transactions cron-job has fired. It will fire now!', $diffForHumans));
         }
 
         $this->fireRecurring();
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ class RecurringCronjob extends AbstractCronjob
 
     private function fireRecurring(): void
     {
-        app('log')->info(sprintf('Will now fire recurring cron job task for date "%s".', $this->date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s')));
+        Log::info(sprintf('Will now fire recurring cron job task for date "%s".', $this->date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s')));
 
         $job                = new CreateRecurringTransactions($this->date);
         $job->setForce($this->force);
@@ -88,8 +90,8 @@ class RecurringCronjob extends AbstractCronjob
         $this->jobSucceeded = true;
         $this->message      = 'Recurring transactions cron job fired successfully.';
 
-        app('fireflyconfig')->set('last_rt_job', (int) $this->date->format('U'));
-        app('log')->info(sprintf('Marked the last time this job has run as "%s" (%d)', $this->date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'), (int) $this->date->format('U')));
-        app('log')->info('Done with recurring cron job task.');
+        FireflyConfig::set('last_rt_job', (int) $this->date->format('U'));
+        Log::info(sprintf('Marked the last time this job has run as "%s" (%d)', $this->date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'), (int) $this->date->format('U')));
+        Log::info('Done with recurring cron job task.');
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Support/FireflyConfig.php b/app/Support/FireflyConfig.php
index 832a020951..499b123602 100644
--- a/app/Support/FireflyConfig.php
+++ b/app/Support/FireflyConfig.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class FireflyConfig
 {
     public function delete(string $name): void
     {
-        $fullName = 'ff-config-'.$name;
+        $fullName = 'ff3-config-'.$name;
         if (Cache::has($fullName)) {
             Cache::forget($fullName);
         }
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class FireflyConfig
      */
     public function get(string $name, mixed $default = null): ?Configuration
     {
-        $fullName = 'ff-config-'.$name;
+        $fullName = 'ff3-config-'.$name;
         if (Cache::has($fullName)) {
             return Cache::get($fullName);
         }
diff --git a/app/Support/Http/Controllers/GetConfigurationData.php b/app/Support/Http/Controllers/GetConfigurationData.php
index 672a84cfb6..52ce494418 100644
--- a/app/Support/Http/Controllers/GetConfigurationData.php
+++ b/app/Support/Http/Controllers/GetConfigurationData.php
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ namespace FireflyIII\Support\Http\Controllers;
 
 use Carbon\Carbon;
 use FireflyIII\Exceptions\FireflyException;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\FireflyConfig;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 /**
@@ -205,7 +206,7 @@ trait GetConfigurationData
 
     protected function verifyRecurringCronJob(): void
     {
-        $config   = app('fireflyconfig')->get('last_rt_job', 0);
+        $config   = FireflyConfig::get('last_rt_job', 0);
         $lastTime = (int) $config?->data;
         $now      = Carbon::now()->getTimestamp();
         app('log')->debug(sprintf('verifyRecurringCronJob: last time is %d ("%s"), now is %d', $lastTime, $config?->data, $now));