diff --git a/src/cron/cli.v b/src/cron/cli.v
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cbf5b882
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cron/cli.v
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+module cron
+
+import cli
+import env
+
+struct Config {
+pub:
+	log_level    string = 'WARN'
+	log_file     string = 'vieter.log'
+	api_key      string
+	address string
+	base_image string = 'archlinux:base-devel'
+}
+
+pub fn cmd() cli.Command {
+	return cli.Command{
+		name: 'cron'
+		description: 'Start the cron service that periodically runs builds.'
+		execute: fn (cmd cli.Command) ? {
+			config_file := cmd.flags.get_string('config-file') ?
+			conf := env.load<Config>(config_file) ?
+
+			cron(conf) ?
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/cron/cron.v b/src/cron/cron.v
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ac584eb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cron/cron.v
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module cron
+
+import git
+
+pub fn cron(conf Config) ? {
+	repos_map := git.get_repos(conf.address, conf.api_key) ?
+}
diff --git a/src/main.v b/src/main.v
index c77e5519..adaf4dcf 100644
--- a/src/main.v
+++ b/src/main.v
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import server
 import cli
 import build
 import git
+import cron
 
 fn main() {
 	mut app := cli.Command{
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ fn main() {
 			server.cmd(),
 			build.cmd(),
 			git.cmd(),
+			cron.cmd()
 		]
 	}