diff --git a/client/components/modals/item/tabs/Schedule.vue b/client/components/modals/item/tabs/Schedule.vue
index 0faa29630..2cd3af514 100644
--- a/client/components/modals/item/tabs/Schedule.vue
+++ b/client/components/modals/item/tabs/Schedule.vue
@@ -158,8 +158,6 @@ export default {
       this.isProcessing = true
       var updateResult = await this.$axios.$patch(`/api/items/${this.libraryItemId}/media`, updatePayload).catch((error) => {
         console.error('Failed to update', error)
-        const errorMessage = typeof error?.response?.data === 'string' ? error?.response?.data : null
-        this.$toast.error(errorMessage || this.$strings.ToastFailedToUpdate)
         return false
       })
       this.isProcessing = false
diff --git a/server/controllers/LibraryItemController.js b/server/controllers/LibraryItemController.js
index 07b4ee67f..e524ebcfd 100644
--- a/server/controllers/LibraryItemController.js
+++ b/server/controllers/LibraryItemController.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 const { Request, Response, NextFunction } = require('express')
 const Path = require('path')
 const fs = require('../libs/fsExtra')
-const cron = require('../libs/nodeCron')
 const uaParserJs = require('../libs/uaParser')
 const Logger = require('../Logger')
 const SocketAuthority = require('../SocketAuthority')
@@ -221,11 +220,6 @@ class LibraryItemController {
       } else if (mediaPayload.autoDownloadSchedule !== undefined && req.libraryItem.media.autoDownloadSchedule !== mediaPayload.autoDownloadSchedule) {
         isPodcastAutoDownloadUpdated = true
       }
-
-      if (mediaPayload.autoDownloadSchedule && !cron.validate(mediaPayload.autoDownloadSchedule)) {
-        Logger.error(`[LibraryItemController] Invalid auto download schedule cron expression "${mediaPayload.autoDownloadSchedule}" for library item "${req.libraryItem.media.title}"`)
-        return res.status(400).send('Invalid auto download schedule cron expression')
-      }
     }
 
     let hasUpdates = (await req.libraryItem.media.updateFromRequest(mediaPayload)) || mediaPayload.url
@@ -665,11 +659,6 @@ class LibraryItemController {
       const mediaPayload = updatePayload.mediaPayload
       const libraryItem = libraryItems.find((li) => li.id === updatePayload.id)
 
-      if (libraryItem.isPodcast && mediaPayload.autoDownloadSchedule && !cron.validate(mediaPayload.autoDownloadSchedule)) {
-        Logger.warn(`[LibraryItemController] Invalid auto download schedule cron expression "${mediaPayload.autoDownloadSchedule}" for library item "${libraryItem.media.title}" - skipping update`)
-        continue
-      }
-
       let hasUpdates = await libraryItem.media.updateFromRequest(mediaPayload)
 
       if (libraryItem.isBook && Array.isArray(mediaPayload.metadata?.series)) {
diff --git a/server/controllers/MiscController.js b/server/controllers/MiscController.js
index 591f8ccf2..490cb27d2 100644
--- a/server/controllers/MiscController.js
+++ b/server/controllers/MiscController.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const Database = require('../Database')
 const Watcher = require('../Watcher')
 
 const libraryItemFilters = require('../utils/queries/libraryItemFilters')
-const cron = require('../libs/nodeCron')
+const patternValidation = require('../libs/nodeCron/pattern-validation')
 const { isObject, getTitleIgnorePrefix } = require('../utils/index')
 const { sanitizeFilename } = require('../utils/fileUtils')
 
@@ -605,11 +605,13 @@ class MiscController {
       return res.sendStatus(400)
     }
 
-    if (!cron.validate(expression)) {
-      Logger.warn(`[MiscController] Invalid cron expression ${expression}`)
-      return res.status(400).send('Invalid cron expression')
+    try {
+      patternValidation(expression)
+      res.sendStatus(200)
+    } catch (error) {
+      Logger.warn(`[MiscController] Invalid cron expression ${expression}`, error.message)
+      res.status(400).send(error.message)
     }
-    res.sendStatus(200)
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/server/controllers/PodcastController.js b/server/controllers/PodcastController.js
index 85173e622..f099d05ed 100644
--- a/server/controllers/PodcastController.js
+++ b/server/controllers/PodcastController.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ const SocketAuthority = require('../SocketAuthority')
 const Database = require('../Database')
 
 const fs = require('../libs/fsExtra')
-const cron = require('../libs/nodeCron')
 
 const { getPodcastFeed, findMatchingEpisodes } = require('../utils/podcastUtils')
 const { getFileTimestampsWithIno, filePathToPOSIX, isSameOrSubPath } = require('../utils/fileUtils')
@@ -47,11 +46,6 @@ class PodcastController {
       return res.status(400).send('Invalid request body. "media" and "media.metadata" are required')
     }
 
-    if (payload.media.autoDownloadSchedule && !cron.validate(payload.media.autoDownloadSchedule)) {
-      Logger.error(`[PodcastController] Invalid auto download schedule cron expression "${payload.media.autoDownloadSchedule}"`)
-      return res.status(400).send('Invalid auto download schedule cron expression')
-    }
-
     const library = await Database.libraryModel.findByIdWithFolders(payload.libraryId)
     if (!library) {
       Logger.error(`[PodcastController] Create: Library not found "${payload.libraryId}"`)
diff --git a/server/managers/CronManager.js b/server/managers/CronManager.js
index 7138d26a8..d3e652129 100644
--- a/server/managers/CronManager.js
+++ b/server/managers/CronManager.js
@@ -153,11 +153,6 @@ class CronManager {
 
   startPodcastCron(expression, libraryItemIds) {
     try {
-      if (!cron.validate(expression)) {
-        Logger.error(`[CronManager] Invalid auto download schedule cron expression "${expression}" - not starting podcast episode check cron`)
-        return
-      }
-
       Logger.debug(`[CronManager] Scheduling podcast episode check cron "${expression}" for ${libraryItemIds.length} item(s)`)
       const task = cron.schedule(expression, () => {
         if (this.podcastCronExpressionsExecuting.includes(expression)) {
@@ -172,7 +167,7 @@ class CronManager {
         task
       })
     } catch (error) {
-      Logger.error(`[PodcastManager] Failed to schedule podcast cron ${expression}`, error)
+      Logger.error(`[PodcastManager] Failed to schedule podcast cron ${this.serverSettings.podcastEpisodeSchedule}`, error)
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/server/models/Podcast.js b/server/models/Podcast.js
index 6dbe1cd19..02f8981c8 100644
--- a/server/models/Podcast.js
+++ b/server/models/Podcast.js
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ class Podcast extends Model {
    */
   static async createFromRequest(payload, transaction) {
     const title = typeof payload.metadata.title === 'string' ? payload.metadata.title : null
-    // cron expression validated in controller
     const autoDownloadSchedule = typeof payload.autoDownloadSchedule === 'string' ? payload.autoDownloadSchedule : null
     const genres = Array.isArray(payload.metadata.genres) && payload.metadata.genres.every((g) => typeof g === 'string' && g.length) ? payload.metadata.genres : []
     const tags = Array.isArray(payload.tags) && payload.tags.every((t) => typeof t === 'string' && t.length) ? payload.tags : []
@@ -274,7 +273,6 @@ class Podcast extends Model {
       hasUpdates = true
     }
     if (typeof payload.autoDownloadSchedule === 'string' && payload.autoDownloadSchedule !== this.autoDownloadSchedule) {
-      // cron expression validated in controller
       this.autoDownloadSchedule = payload.autoDownloadSchedule
       hasUpdates = true
     }