diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index fb829aa..76f37fe 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
       "dependencies": {
         "body-parser": "^1.20.2",
         "express": "^4.18.2",
+        "node-cron": "^3.0.2",
         "pino": "^8.15.0",
         "pino-http": "^8.4.0",
         "promised-sqlite3": "^2.1.0",
@@ -1412,6 +1413,17 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-addon-api/-/node-addon-api-4.3.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-73sE9+3UaLYYFmDsFZnqCInzPyh3MqIwZO9cw58yIqAZhONrrabrYyYe3TuIqtIiOuTXVhsGau8hcrhhwSsDIQ=="
     },
+    "node_modules/node-cron": {
+      "version": "3.0.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-cron/-/node-cron-3.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-iP8l0yGlNpE0e6q1o185yOApANRe47UPbLf4YxfbiNHt/RU5eBcGB/e0oudruheSf+LQeDMezqC5BVAb5wwRcQ==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "uuid": "8.3.2"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=6.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/node-fetch": {
       "version": "2.6.12",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.6.12.tgz",
@@ -2285,6 +2297,14 @@
         "node": ">= 0.4.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/uuid": {
+      "version": "8.3.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid/-/uuid-8.3.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-+NYs2QeMWy+GWFOEm9xnn6HCDp0l7QBD7ml8zLUmJ+93Q5NF0NocErnwkTkXVFNiX3/fpC6afS8Dhb/gz7R7eg==",
+      "bin": {
+        "uuid": "dist/bin/uuid"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/vary": {
       "version": "1.1.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/vary/-/vary-1.1.2.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 97b1abc..3597af6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "body-parser": "^1.20.2",
     "express": "^4.18.2",
+    "node-cron": "^3.0.2",
     "pino": "^8.15.0",
     "pino-http": "^8.4.0",
     "promised-sqlite3": "^2.1.0",
diff --git a/src/index.mjs b/src/index.mjs
index 6446a23..4ac4283 100644
--- a/src/index.mjs
+++ b/src/index.mjs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import express from "express";
 import bodyParser from "body-parser";
 import logger from "./logger.mjs";
 import pinoHTTP from 'pino-http'
+import start from "./start.mjs";
 const app = express()
 const port = 4000
 app.use(bodyParser.json())
@@ -11,20 +12,19 @@ app.use(
     })
   )
 app.post('/api', (req,res) => {
-    console.log("webhook received:")
-    console.dir(req.body.body.note.text)
+    logger.info("webhook received:",req.body.body.note.text)
     res.sendStatus(200)
 })
 
 app.listen(port, () => {
-    console.log(`listening on port ${port}`)
+    logger.trace(`listening on port ${port}`)
 })
 
 process.on('uncaughtException', (err) => {
     // log the exception
     logger.fatal(err, 'uncaught exception detected');
     // shutdown the server gracefully
-    server.close(() => {
+    app.close(() => {
       process.exit(1); // then exit
     });
   
@@ -34,4 +34,6 @@ process.on('uncaughtException', (err) => {
       process.abort(); // exit immediately and generate a core dump file
     }, 1000).unref()
     process.exit(1);
-  });
\ No newline at end of file
+  });
+
+start()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/start.mjs b/src/start.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57285d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/start.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import cron from 'node-cron'
+import logger from './logger.mjs';
+
+export default function start(){
+    cron.schedule('* * * * *', () => {
+        logger.trace('running a task every minute');
+      });
+}
\ No newline at end of file