diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d7d12cf..d859d8d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ RUN go build -o /app/hatecomputers
 
 EXPOSE 8080
 
-CMD ["/app/hatecomputers", "--server", "--migrate", "--port", "8080", "--template-path", "/app/templates", "--database-path", "/app/db/hatecomputers.db", "--static-path", "/app/static"]
+CMD ["/app/hatecomputers", "--server", "--migrate", "--port", "8080", "--template-path", "/app/templates", "--database-path", "/app/db/hatecomputers.db", "--static-path", "/app/static", "--scheduler"]
diff --git a/args/args.go b/args/args.go
index a360d57..64dee35 100644
--- a/args/args.go
+++ b/args/args.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ type Arguments struct {
 	Port            int
 	Server          bool
 	Migrate         bool
+	Scheduler       bool
 
 	OauthConfig      *oauth2.Config
 	OauthUserInfoURI string
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ func GetArgs() (*Arguments, error) {
 	databasePath := flag.String("database-path", "./hatecomputers.db", "Path to the SQLite database")
 	templatePath := flag.String("template-path", "./templates", "Path to the template directory")
 	staticPath := flag.String("static-path", "./static", "Path to the static directory")
+	scheduler := flag.Bool("scheduler", false, "Run scheduled jobs via cron")
 
 	server := flag.Bool("server", false, "Run the server")
 	migrate := flag.Bool("migrate", false, "Run the migrations")
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@ func GetArgs() (*Arguments, error) {
 		Port:            *port,
 		Server:          *server,
 		Migrate:         *migrate,
+		Scheduler:       *scheduler,
 
 		OauthConfig:      oauthConfig,
 		OauthUserInfoURI: oauthUserInfoURI,
diff --git a/database/users.go b/database/users.go
index 1ba4ebb..d2b4f20 100644
--- a/database/users.go
+++ b/database/users.go
@@ -110,3 +110,12 @@ func RefreshSession(dbConn *sql.DB, sessionId string) (*UserSession, error) {
 
 	return session, nil
 }
+
+func DeleteExpiredSessions(dbConn *sql.DB) error {
+	_, err := dbConn.Exec(`DELETE FROM user_sessions WHERE expire_at < ?;`, time.Now())
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println(err)
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index adf01a9..4a8b362 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,14 +3,18 @@ module git.hatecomputers.club/hatecomputers/hatecomputers.club
 go 1.22.1
 
 require (
+	github.com/go-co-op/gocron v1.37.0
 	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1
 	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.22
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.18.0
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 // indirect
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/robfig/cron/v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/atomic v1.9.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.22.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.18.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 66ea452..3a7a0bb 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,12 +1,45 @@
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+github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.8.1/go.mod h1:JeRgkft04UBgHMgCIwADu4Pn6Mtm5d4nPKWu0nJ5d+o=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
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+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2 h1:+h33VjcLVPDHtOdpUCuF+7gSuG3yGIftsP1YvFihtJ8=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
+go.uber.org/atomic v1.9.0 h1:ECmE8Bn/WFTYwEW/bpKD3M8VtR/zQVbavAoalC1PYyE=
+go.uber.org/atomic v1.9.0/go.mod h1:fEN4uk6kAWBTFdckzkM89CLk9XfWZrxpCo0nPH17wJc=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190603091049-60506f45cf65/go.mod h1:HSz+uSET+XFnRR8LxR5pz3Of3rY3CfYBVs4xY44aLks=
 golang.org/x/net v0.22.0 h1:9sGLhx7iRIHEiX0oAJ3MRZMUCElJgy7Br1nO+AMN3Tc=
@@ -24,3 +57,10 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp0
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
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+gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EVd6muEfDQjcINNoR0C8j2r3qZ4Q=
+gopkg.in/errgo.v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:hNsd1EY+bozCKY1Ytp96fpM3vjJbqLJn88ws8XvfDNI=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
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diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index afa9289..4b92b1b 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"git.hatecomputers.club/hatecomputers/hatecomputers.club/api"
 	"git.hatecomputers.club/hatecomputers/hatecomputers.club/args"
 	"git.hatecomputers.club/hatecomputers/hatecomputers.club/database"
+	"git.hatecomputers.club/hatecomputers/hatecomputers.club/scheduler"
 	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
 )
 
@@ -33,6 +34,10 @@ func main() {
 		log.Println("database migrated successfully")
 	}
 
+	if argv.Scheduler {
+		scheduler.StartScheduler(dbConn)
+	}
+
 	if argv.Server {
 		server := api.MakeServer(argv, dbConn)
 		err = server.ListenAndServe()
diff --git a/scheduler/scheduler.go b/scheduler/scheduler.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bdbab8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scheduler/scheduler.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package scheduler
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"log"
+	"time"
+
+	"git.hatecomputers.club/hatecomputers/hatecomputers.club/database"
+	"github.com/go-co-op/gocron"
+)
+
+func StartScheduler(dbConn *sql.DB) {
+	scheduler := gocron.NewScheduler(time.Local)
+	scheduler.Every(500).Seconds().Do(func() {
+		log.Println("deleting expired sessions")
+		database.DeleteExpiredSessions(dbConn)
+	})
+	scheduler.StartAsync()
+}