diff --git a/maintenance/tasks.cron.txt b/maintenance/tasks.cron.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d63e8995
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maintenance/tasks.cron.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0 5 * * * /var/www/colouringlondon/maintenance/extract_data/extract_data.py
\ No newline at end of file