diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 28d91e4..3ae500b 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -4,6 +4,26 @@ from API import Webserver
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
 from time import sleep
 import os
+from apscheduler.schedulers.background import BackgroundScheduler
+
+def update_shifts(pmt, db):
+    try:
+        print("🔄 Updating shifts...")
+
+        pmt.login()
+
+        days_ahead = int(os.environ.get("DAYS_TO_FETCH", 14))
+        shifts = pmt.get_shifts(days_ahead)
+
+        db.delete_future_shifts()
+        db.insert_shifts(shifts)
+
+        print("✅ Shift update complete")
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"❌ Error updating shifts: {e}")
+
+
 
 def main():
     # Load the environment
@@ -15,18 +35,17 @@ def main():
     pmt = PMT()
     webserver = Webserver("0.0.0.0", 8080, db)
 
-    # fetch PMT shifts
-    pmt.login()
-
-    days_ahead = int(os.environ.get("DAYS_TO_FETCH"))
-    shifts = pmt.get_shifts(days_ahead)
-
-    db.delete_future_shifts() # delete all future shifts before importing, to make sure if a shift is removed, it actually gets removed here too.
+    # update the shifts on boot
+    update_shifts(pmt, db)
 
 
-    # Insert the new shifts into the database
-    db.insert_shifts(shifts)
-    
+    # Every hour at minute 0 
+    scheduler = BackgroundScheduler()
+    scheduler.add_job(
+        lambda: update_shifts(pmt, db),
+        trigger='cron',
+        minute=0
+    )
 
     webserver.run()