diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index da8c3aa..bd154ea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ until they all report healthy 20 times in a row ([configurable](#clean_check_run
 on 30s intervals ([configurable](#clean_check_interval_seconds)).
 By default, we will clear any active silence and exit successfully if the cluster is (or becomes) more than two hours old ([configurable](#max_cluster_age_minutes)).
 
-If the silence expires while health checks are failing, we reinstate it.
-(This means it is theoretically possible for alerts to fire for up to one minute if the silence expires right after a health check fails. [FIXME](#to-do).)
+If we think the silence might expire while health checks are running, we extend it.
 
 ## Deploying
 
@@ -122,6 +121,6 @@ Don't forget to [build](#deploying-the-image) and [test](#deploying-the-job) wit
 
 - [x] Look for existing active silences before creating a new one
 - [x] Implement _actual_ healthchecks (steal them from osde2e) to determine cluster stability
+- [x] Make the default silence expiry shorter; and extend it when health checks fail ([OSD-6384](https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OSD-6384)).
 - [ ] Find if there's a better and more secure way to talk to the alertmanager API using oauth and serviceaccount tokens.
-- [ ] Make the default silence expiry shorter; and extend it when health checks fail ([OSD-6384](https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OSD-6384)).
-- [ ] Make [tunables](#tunables) configurable via `make deploy`.
\ No newline at end of file
+- [ ] Make [tunables](#tunables) configurable via `make deploy`.
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c98cb85..bb38243 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-module github.com/openshift/osd-cluster-ready-job
+module github.com/openshift/osd-cluster-ready
 
 go 1.15
 
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 0fa2303..8c1b001 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/openshift/osde2e/pkg/common/cluster"
 
-	"github.com/openshift/osd-cluster-ready-job/silence"
+	"github.com/openshift/osd-cluster-ready/silence"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ const (
 func main() {
 	// New Alert Manager Silence Request
 	// TODO: Handle multiple silences being active
-	silenceReq := silence.NewSilenceRequest()
+	silenceReq := silence.New()
 
 	clusterBirth, err := getClusterCreationTime()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -66,32 +66,23 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
+	// maxHealthCheckDurationMinutes is a heuristic for how long the full health check
+	// loop should take. This is used to push out the expiry of active silences to make
+	// sure they don't expire while we're in that loop; so err on the high side.
+	// TODO: Use above vars to calculate this
+	maxHealthCheckDurationMinutes := 15
+
 	for {
 
-		// Technically we should check if silenceReq has an ID here, no need to look for another
-		// active silence
+		// TODO: If silenceReq has an ID here, no need to look for another active silence
 		silenceReq, err := silenceReq.FindExisting()
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
 
-		// If there is an existing silence ensure its not going to expiry before
-		// our healthchecks are complete
-		// TODO: Use above vars to calculate healthcheck MAX duration
-		if silenceReq.ID != "" {
-			if ok, _ := silenceReq.WillExpireBy(15 * time.Minute); ok {
-				log.Printf("Silence will expire within 15 minutes")
-				log.Printf("Creating new silence")
-				_, err = silenceReq.Build(15 * time.Minute).Send()
-				if err != nil {
-					log.Fatal(err)
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
 		if clusterTooOld(clusterBirth, maxClusterAge) {
 			log.Printf("Cluster is older than %d minutes. Exiting Cleanly.", maxClusterAge)
-			if silenceReq.ID != "" {
+			if silenceReq.Active() {
 				// TODO: There might be more than one silence to remove
 				err = silenceReq.Remove()
 				if err != nil {
@@ -101,14 +92,32 @@ func main() {
 			os.Exit(0)
 		}
 
-		// If there are no existing silences create one for 1 hour
-		// TODO: Do we need to create a silence for an hour or can we just create
-		// a silence that should out live the healthchecks?
-		if silenceReq.ID == "" {
+		if !silenceReq.Active() {
+			// If there are no existing active silences, create one.
+			// We only get here in two scenarios:
+			// - This is the first iteration of the loop. The vast majority of the time
+			//   this is the first ever run of the job, and it's happening shortly after
+			//   the birth of the cluster.
+			// - The previous iteration took longer than maxHealthCheckDurationMinutes
+			//   and the previously-created silence expired.
+			// TODO: Use maxHealthCheckDurationMinutes instead of 1h.
 			_, err = silenceReq.Build(60 * time.Minute).Send()
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Fatal(err)
 			}
+
+		} else {
+			// If there is an existing silence, ensure it's not going to expire before
+			// our healthchecks are complete.
+			if ok, _ := silenceReq.WillExpireBy(time.Duration(maxHealthCheckDurationMinutes) * time.Minute); ok {
+				log.Printf("Silence will expire within %d minutes", maxHealthCheckDurationMinutes)
+				log.Printf("Creating new silence")
+				_, err = silenceReq.Build(time.Duration(maxHealthCheckDurationMinutes) * time.Minute).Send()
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Fatal(err)
+				}
+				// TODO: Delete the old silence
+			}
 		}
 
 		healthy, err := isClusterHealthy(cleanCheckRuns, cleanCheckInterval)
diff --git a/silence/silence.go b/silence/silence.go
index 73fe394..d34f687 100644
--- a/silence/silence.go
+++ b/silence/silence.go
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import (
 
 const createdBy = "OSD Cluster Readiness Job"
 
-// SilenceRequest represents a Alertmanager silence request object
-type SilenceRequest struct {
+// Request represents an Alertmanager silence request object
+type Request struct {
 	ID        string       `json:"id"`
 	Status    silenceState `json:"status"`
 	Matchers  []matcher    `json:"matchers"`
@@ -32,14 +32,15 @@ type matcher struct {
 	IsRegex bool   `json:"isRegex"`
 }
 
-type getSilenceResponse []*SilenceRequest
+type getSilenceResponse []*Request
 
 type silenceResponse struct {
 	ID string `json:"silenceID"`
 }
 
-func NewSilenceRequest() *SilenceRequest {
-	return &SilenceRequest{}
+// New returns a new silence request object
+func New() *Request {
+	return &Request{}
 }
 
 // FindExisting looks for an existing, active silence that was created by us. If found,
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ func NewSilenceRequest() *SilenceRequest {
 // error condition.
 // TODO: Handle muliple silences being active, currently we'll return the first one we fine
 // that is active and created by `createdBy`
-func (sr *SilenceRequest) FindExisting() (*SilenceRequest, error) {
+func (sr *Request) FindExisting() (*Request, error) {
 	for i := 1; i <= 300; i++ { // try once a second or so for 5-ish minutes
 		log.Printf("Checking for silences")
 		cmdstr := "oc exec -n openshift-monitoring alertmanager-main-0 -c alertmanager -- curl --silent localhost:9093/api/v2/silences -X GET"
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ func (sr *SilenceRequest) FindExisting() (*SilenceRequest, error) {
 	return sr, fmt.Errorf("unable to get a list of existing silences")
 }
 
-func (sr *SilenceRequest) Build(expiryPeriod time.Duration) *SilenceRequest {
+func (sr *Request) Build(expiryPeriod time.Duration) *Request {
 	// Create the Silence
 	now := time.Now().UTC()
 	end := now.Add(expiryPeriod)
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ func (sr *SilenceRequest) Build(expiryPeriod time.Duration) *SilenceRequest {
 	return sr
 }
 
-func (sr *SilenceRequest) Send() (*silenceResponse, error) {
+func (sr *Request) Send() (*silenceResponse, error) {
 
 	silenceJSON, err := json.Marshal(sr)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ func (sr *SilenceRequest) Send() (*silenceResponse, error) {
 }
 
 // Remove deletes the silence with the given sr.ID
-func (sr *SilenceRequest) Remove() error {
+func (sr *Request) Remove() error {
 	log.Printf("Removing Silence %s\n", sr.ID)
 	for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
 		// Attempt up to 5 times to unsilence the cluster
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ func (sr *SilenceRequest) Remove() error {
 }
 
 // WillExpireBy returns bool if the remaining time on the AlertManager Silence is less than the expiryPeriod
-func (sr *SilenceRequest) WillExpireBy(expiryPeriod time.Duration) (bool, error) {
+func (sr *Request) WillExpireBy(expiryPeriod time.Duration) (bool, error) {
 	// Parse end time of Alertmanager Silence
 	end, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, sr.EndsAt)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -179,6 +180,6 @@ func (sr *SilenceRequest) WillExpireBy(expiryPeriod time.Duration) (bool, error)
 }
 
 // Active returns a bool if the silence is Active
-func (sr *SilenceRequest) Active() bool {
-	return sr.Status.State == "active"
+func (sr *Request) Active() bool {
+	return sr.ID != "" && sr.Status.State == "active"
 }