diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e9c7f51..5a461bd 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ RUN dpkg --add-architecture i386 && \
 	apt-get update -y && \
 	apt-get install -y mailutils postfix curl wget file bzip2 gzip unzip bsdmainutils python util-linux ca-certificates \
 		binutils bc jq tmux lib32gcc1 libstdc++6 libstdc++6:i386 lib32tinfo5 \
-		locales sudo && \
+		locales sudo cron && \
 	\
 	groupadd -g $GROUP_ID $DOCKER_USER && \
 	useradd -d "$STEAM_PATH" -g $GROUP_ID -u $USER_ID -m $DOCKER_USER && \
diff --git a/experimental.sh b/experimental.sh
index eee43c8..96ad791 100644
--- a/experimental.sh
+++ b/experimental.sh
@@ -41,6 +41,16 @@ if [ -n "${SERVER_VOICE_ENABLE}" ]; then
 	configReplace "sv_voiceenable" "$SERVER_VOICE_ENABLE"
 fi
 
+#set up cronjob
+crontab -r | true
+rm -f "$STEAM_PATH/lgsm-cronjobs" | true
+touch "$STEAM_PATH/lgsm-cronjobs"
+echo "*/5 * * * * su - '$DOCKER_USER' -c '$STEAM_PATH/gmodserver monitor' > /dev/null 2>&1" >> "$STEAM_PATH/lgsm-cronjobs"
+echo "*/30 * * * * su - '$DOCKER_USER' -c '$STEAM_PATH/gmodserver update' > /dev/null 2>&1" >> "$STEAM_PATH/lgsm-cronjobs"
+echo "0 10 * * 0  su - '$DOCKER_USER' -c '$STEAM_PATH/gmodserver force-update' > /dev/null 2>&1" >> "$STEAM_PATH/lgsm-cronjobs"
+echo "" >> "$STEAM_PATH/lgsm-cronjobs"
+crontab "$STEAM_PATH/lgsm-cronjobs"
+
 #this is a simple option for myself, but you can use it too
 if [ "$USE_MY_REPLACER_CONFIG" = "true" ] && [ ! -e "${SERVER_PATH}/garrysmod/data/jusito_ttt_entity_replace" ]; then
 	mkdir -p "${SERVER_PATH}/garrysmod/data/jusito_ttt_entity_replace"