diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-influxdb-downsample b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-influxdb-downsample
index b561d2b6a..ab8fa1dc0 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-influxdb-downsample
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-influxdb-downsample
@@ -25,12 +25,13 @@ echo -e "\nInfluxDB will now be downsampled. This could take a few hours dependi
 read -r -p "Are you sure you want to continue? [y/N] " yorn
 if [[ "$yorn" =~ ^([yY][eE][sS]|[yY])$ ]]; then
   echo -e "\nMigrating InfluxDb started at `date`. This may take several hours depending on how much data needs to be downsampled."
-  day=0
-  startdate=`date`
+
 
 {% for dest_rp in influxdb.downsample.keys() %}
   {% for measurement in influxdb.downsample[dest_rp].get('measurements', []) %}
 
+  day=0
+  startdate=`date`
   while docker exec -t so-influxdb /bin/bash -c "influx -ssl -unsafeSsl -database telegraf -execute \"SELECT mean(*) INTO \"so_long_term\".\"{{measurement}}\" FROM \"autogen\".\"{{measurement}}\" WHERE \"time\" >= '2020-07-21T00:00:00.0000000Z' + ${day}d AND \"time\" <= '2020-07-21T00:00:00.0000000Z' + $((day+1))d GROUP BY time(5m),*\""; do
     # why 2020-07-21? 
     migrationdate=`date -d "2020-07-21 + ${day} days" +"%y-%m-%d"`