diff --git a/e107_plugins/news/e_gsitemap.php b/e107_plugins/news/e_gsitemap.php
index 10b5af963..5ac9e55b4 100644
--- a/e107_plugins/news/e_gsitemap.php
+++ b/e107_plugins/news/e_gsitemap.php
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ class news_gsitemap
 			$ret[] = [
 				'url'       => $this->url('news', $row),
 				'lastmod'   => (int) $row['news_datestamp'],
-				'freq'      => 'always',
-				'priority'  => 0.7
+				'freq'      => 'hourly',
+				'priority'  => 0.5
 			];
 		}
 
diff --git a/gsitemap.php b/gsitemap.php
index a94c3472a..33eb848ed 100644
--- a/gsitemap.php
+++ b/gsitemap.php
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class gsitemap_xml
 		}
 		else // From Gsitemap Database Table.
 		{
-			$this->renderXML([], 'gsitemap_');
+			$this->renderXML();
 		}
 
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class gsitemap_xml
 		if(empty($items))
 		{
 			$smArray = e107::getDb()->retrieve("gsitemap", "*", "gsitemap_active IN (".USERCLASS_LIST.") ORDER BY gsitemap_order ",true);
-			$xml .= $this->renderXMLItems($smArray);
+			$xml .= $this->renderXMLItems($smArray,  'gsitemap_');
 		}
 		else
 		{