diff --git a/grails-app/jobs/au/org/ala/ecodata/ImportSciStarterJob.groovy b/grails-app/jobs/au/org/ala/ecodata/ImportSciStarterJob.groovy
index eec02b3c1..b861010cd 100644
--- a/grails-app/jobs/au/org/ala/ecodata/ImportSciStarterJob.groovy
+++ b/grails-app/jobs/au/org/ala/ecodata/ImportSciStarterJob.groovy
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class ImportSciStarterJob {
     static triggers = {
         Boolean enabled = grailsApplication.config.getProperty("sciStarter.importEnabled", Boolean, true)
         if (enabled) {
-            cron name: "every sunday", cronExpression: "0 0 0 ? * 1/7 *"
+            cron name: "every sunday", cronExpression: grailsApplication.config.getProperty("scistarter.cronSchedule", "0 0 0 ? * 1/7 *")
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/grails-app/services/au/org/ala/ecodata/SiteService.groovy b/grails-app/services/au/org/ala/ecodata/SiteService.groovy
index 06cc655fe..7e656c58c 100644
--- a/grails-app/services/au/org/ala/ecodata/SiteService.groovy
+++ b/grails-app/services/au/org/ala/ecodata/SiteService.groovy
@@ -275,9 +275,11 @@ class SiteService {
                 }
             }
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            log.info("Unable to get simplified project area geometry (site ${site.siteId}")
+            log.info("Unable to get simplified project area geometry (site ${site.siteId})", e)
         }
 
+        // remove extent to not avoid total fields limit in ES
+        site?.remove('extent')
         site
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/au/org/ala/ecodata/GeometryUtils.groovy b/src/main/groovy/au/org/ala/ecodata/GeometryUtils.groovy
index 0d73edeee..bda514e80 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/au/org/ala/ecodata/GeometryUtils.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/au/org/ala/ecodata/GeometryUtils.groovy
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ import org.opengis.referencing.crs.CoordinateReferenceSystem
 import org.opengis.referencing.operation.MathTransform
 
 import java.awt.geom.Point2D
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
+
 /**
  * Helper class for working with site geometry.
  */
@@ -29,10 +31,13 @@ class GeometryUtils {
 
     static Map wktToGeoJson(String wkt, int decimals = 20) {
         WKTReader wktReader = new WKTReader()
-        Geometry geom = wktReader.read(wkt)
-        String geoJSON = new GeometryJSON(decimals).toString(geom)
+        ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream()
+        OutputStreamWriter writer = new OutputStreamWriter(outputStream, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)
+        def reader = new StringReader(wkt)
+        Geometry geom = wktReader.read(reader)
+        new GeometryJSON(decimals).write(geom, writer)
         ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper()
-        return mapper.readValue(geoJSON, Map)
+        return mapper.readValue(outputStream.toByteArray(), Map)
     }
 
     static String wktToMultiPolygonWkt(String wkt) {