diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dae894c..60d32a9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ The recentf, savehist, saveplace, and auto-revert built-in packages are already
 (add-hook 'after-init-hook #'(lambda()
                                (let ((inhibit-message t))
                                  (recentf-mode 1))))
-
+(setq recentf-auto-cleanup (if (daemonp) 300 'never))
 (with-eval-after-load "recentf"
   (add-hook 'kill-emacs-hook #'recentf-cleanup))
 
diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index a9dfc53..157a62d 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
 ;; `recentf' is an that maintains a list of recently accessed files.
 (setq recentf-max-saved-items 300) ; default is 20
 (setq recentf-max-menu-items 15)
-(setq recentf-auto-cleanup (if (daemonp) 300 'never))
+(setq recentf-auto-cleanup 'mode)
 
 ;; Update recentf-exclude
 (setq recentf-exclude (list "^/\\(?:ssh\\|su\\|sudo\\)?:"))