diff --git a/.includeControls b/.includeControls
index ef4852a..f0e984b 100644
--- a/.includeControls
+++ b/.includeControls
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 lstWrapper/publish
 controller/lst_ctl.exe
+controller/.env-example
 scripts/update-controller-bumpBuild.ps1
 scripts/update-controller-server.ps1
 scripts/update-controller-zip.ps1
diff --git a/controller/go.mod b/controller/go.mod
index b1a4046..6266302 100644
--- a/controller/go.mod
+++ b/controller/go.mod
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.2 // indirect
+	github.com/robfig/cron v1.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/robfig/cron/v3 v3.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/twitchyliquid64/golang-asm v0.15.1 // indirect
 	github.com/ugorji/go/codec v1.2.12 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/arch v0.8.0 // indirect
diff --git a/controller/go.sum b/controller/go.sum
index dbfe423..ea0ffb7 100644
--- a/controller/go.sum
+++ b/controller/go.sum
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2/go.mod h1:yWuevngMOJpCy52FWWMvUC8ws7m/LJsjY
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.2 h1:aYUidT7k73Pcl9nb2gScu7NSrKCSHIDE89b3+6Wq+LM=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:1t835xjRzz80PqgE6HHgN2JOsmgYu/h4qDAS4n929Rs=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/robfig/cron v1.2.0 h1:ZjScXvvxeQ63Dbyxy76Fj3AT3Ut0aKsyd2/tl3DTMuQ=
+github.com/robfig/cron v1.2.0/go.mod h1:JGuDeoQd7Z6yL4zQhZ3OPEVHB7fL6Ka6skscFHfmt2k=
+github.com/robfig/cron/v3 v3.0.0 h1:kQ6Cb7aHOHTSzNVNEhmp8EcWKLb4CbiMW9h9VyIhO4E=
+github.com/robfig/cron/v3 v3.0.0/go.mod h1:eQICP3HwyT7UooqI/z+Ov+PtYAWygg1TEWWzGIFLtro=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.4.0/go.mod h1:YvHI0jy2hoMjB+UWwv71VJQ9isScKT/TqJzVSSt89Yw=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.0/go.mod h1:Yh+to48EsGEfYuaHDzXPcE3xhTkx73EhmCGUpEOglKo=
diff --git a/controller/internal/bot/bot.go b/controller/internal/bot/bot.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1365f35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controller/internal/bot/bot.go
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package bot
+
+func main() {
+
+}
diff --git a/controller/main.go b/controller/main.go
index 78fe743..3960067 100644
--- a/controller/main.go
+++ b/controller/main.go
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 	socketio "github.com/googollee/go-socket.io"
 	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
+	"lst.net/pkg"
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -90,13 +92,42 @@ func main() {
 	registerUpdateChannel(server)
 
 	// Broadcast logs to room
-	go func() {
-		for i := 0; ; i++ {
-			time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
-			msg := fmt.Sprintf("Log line %d @ %s", i, time.Now().Format(time.RFC3339))
-			server.BroadcastToRoom("/", "logs", "logs", msg)
+	// go func() {
+	// 	for i := 0; ; i++ {
+	// 		time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
+	// 		msg := fmt.Sprintf("Log line %d @ %s", i, time.Now().Format(time.RFC3339))
+	// 		server.BroadcastToRoom("/", "logs", "logs", msg)
+	// 	}
+	// }()
+	// go pkg.JobScheduler(server, "0 9 * * *", func() {
+	// 	fmt.Println("This is the time checker")
+	// 	server.BroadcastToRoom("/", "logs", "logs", "Just ran at 9:00 for example")
+	// })
+
+	// schedule the update checker
+
+	go pkg.JobScheduler(server, "0 8 * * 1-4", func() {
+		host, err := os.Hostname()
+		if err != nil {
+			server.BroadcastToRoom("/", "update", "updateLogs", "Could not retrieve hostname")
+			return
 		}
-	}()
+
+		if strings.Contains(host, "VMS") || strings.Contains(host, "vms") {
+			fmt.Println("On a server ok to start the update job")
+			server.BroadcastToRoom("/", "update", "updateLogs", "On a server ok to start the update job")
+			updates := UpdateApp(server)
+
+			fmt.Println("📦 Starting update loop")
+			for msg := range updates { // this will block until the channel closes
+				fmt.Println(msg)
+				server.BroadcastToRoom("/", "logs", "logs", msg)
+			}
+
+			fmt.Println("✅ Update process finished")
+		}
+
+	})
 
 	// Broadcast errors to room
 	go func() {
diff --git a/controller/pkg/job_runner.go b/controller/pkg/job_runner.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6926c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controller/pkg/job_runner.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package pkg
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	_ "time/tzdata"
+
+	socketio "github.com/googollee/go-socket.io"
+	"github.com/robfig/cron/v3"
+)
+
+func JobScheduler(server *socketio.Server, cronTime string, jobFunc func()) {
+
+	// time zone helper https://nodatime.org/TimeZones
+	loc, err := time.LoadLocation(("America/Chicago"))
+
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("There was an error getting location: %v", err)
+		server.BroadcastToRoom("/", "logs", "logs", fmt.Sprintf("There was an error getting location: %v", err))
+	}
+
+	crontJob := cron.New(cron.WithLocation(loc)) // cron.WithSeconds()
+
+	// reference for the cron time format https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/robfig/cron@v1.2.0#hdr-CRON_Expression_Format
+
+	// we can use 6 feilds but we need to add this in with cron.WithSeconds into our cron job other wise we can use use the standard 5 fields https://crontab.guru/
+	crontJob.AddFunc(cronTime, jobFunc)
+
+	crontJob.Start()
+}