diff --git a/bookwyrm/settings.py b/bookwyrm/settings.py
index 0fbe3b731..5d4eb7812 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/settings.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/settings.py
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     "sass_processor",
     "bookwyrm",
     "celery",
+    'django_celery_beat',
     "imagekit",
     "storages",
 ]
diff --git a/bw-dev b/bw-dev
index 89cc8d8c3..d4b5263df 100755
--- a/bw-dev
+++ b/bw-dev
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ case "$CMD" in
         ;;
     setup)
         migrate
+        migrate django_celery_beat
         initdb
         runweb python manage.py collectstatic --no-input
         admin_code
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 0994aa00f..e45cae0d1 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -70,6 +70,19 @@ services:
       - db
       - redis_broker
     restart: on-failure
+  celery_beat:
+    env_file: .env
+    build: .
+    networks:
+      - main
+    command: celery -A celerywyrm beat -l INFO --scheduler django_celery_beat.schedulers:DatabaseScheduler
+    volumes:
+      - .:/app
+      - static_volume:/app/static
+      - media_volume:/app/images
+    depends_on:
+      - celery_worker
+    restart: on-failure
   flower:
     build: .
     command: celery -A celerywyrm flower --basic_auth=${FLOWER_USER}:${FLOWER_PASSWORD}
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 26582e00d..8eb44d958 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 celery==5.2.2
 colorthief==0.2.1
 Django==3.2.12
+django-celery-beat==2.2.1
 django-compressor==2.4.1
 django-imagekit==4.1.0
 django-model-utils==4.0.0