diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index 8be3fdd2307774fcb44c7c1ee3a35e8017dcedaa..2a180ad20cb0b987a6a74b976a83e606452768e0 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ Naming/FileName:
     - 'qa/spec/**/*'
     - 'qa/qa/specs/**/*'
     - 'qa/bin/*'
+    - 'ee/bin/*'
     - 'config/**/*'
     - 'ee/config/**/*'
     - 'lib/generators/**/*'
diff --git a/bin/geo_log_cursor b/ee/bin/geo_log_cursor
similarity index 80%
rename from bin/geo_log_cursor
rename to ee/bin/geo_log_cursor
index a4acf71fa84f5e52996b49ae93e45842d75407ba..69a6b89ff4ddddf42385eea22881ce26c13aab61 100755
--- a/bin/geo_log_cursor
+++ b/ee/bin/geo_log_cursor
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
-# vim: ft=ruby
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
 require 'rubygems'
 require 'bundler/setup'
 require 'optparse'
 
+def rails_path(relname)
+  Pathname.new(__FILE__).dirname.join('../..').join(relname).realpath
+end
+
 class GeoLogCursorOptionParser
   def self.parse(argv)
     options = {}
@@ -22,7 +27,7 @@ class GeoLogCursorOptionParser
     end
     op.on('-v', '--version') do
       # Load only necessary libraries for faster startup
-      require "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../lib/gitlab/geo/log_cursor/daemon"
+      require rails_path('ee/lib/gitlab/geo/log_cursor/daemon.rb')
 
       puts Gitlab::Geo::LogCursor::Daemon::VERSION
       exit
@@ -39,7 +44,7 @@ if $0 == __FILE__
   options = GeoLogCursorOptionParser.parse(ARGV)
 
   # We load rails environment / initializers only here to get faster command line startup when `--help` and `--version`
-  require "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../config/environment"
+  require rails_path('config/environment.rb')
 
   Gitlab::Geo::LogCursor::Daemon.new(options).run!
 end
diff --git a/ee/changelogs/unreleased/tc-move-geo-cursor-bin.yml b/ee/changelogs/unreleased/tc-move-geo-cursor-bin.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a40cde834984d3dee3c7e469881648663bcc0358
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ee/changelogs/unreleased/tc-move-geo-cursor-bin.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Move geo_log_cursor binary to the ee folder
+merge_request: 10821
+author:
+type: other
diff --git a/ee/lib/gitlab/geo/log_cursor/daemon.rb b/ee/lib/gitlab/geo/log_cursor/daemon.rb
index 1c548ce7a16f4d1e074ce5ce05f764358b7d9f7a..cc9c3eb51241f93fafa4fd8e754505aaec4b45d6 100644
--- a/ee/lib/gitlab/geo/log_cursor/daemon.rb
+++ b/ee/lib/gitlab/geo/log_cursor/daemon.rb
@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@ module Gitlab
   module Geo
     module LogCursor
       class Daemon
-        include Utils::StrongMemoize
-
         VERSION = '0.2.0'.freeze
         BATCH_SIZE = 250
-        SECONDARY_CHECK_INTERVAL = 1.minute
+        SECONDARY_CHECK_INTERVAL = 60
 
         attr_reader :options
 
@@ -130,9 +128,7 @@ def gap_tracking
         end
 
         def logger
-          strong_memoize(:logger) do
-            Gitlab::Geo::LogCursor::Logger.new(self.class, log_level)
-          end
+          @logger ||= Gitlab::Geo::LogCursor::Logger.new(self.class, log_level)
         end
 
         def log_level