diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/Cargo.lock b/mediarepo-daemon/Cargo.lock
index 7dfc9f1..0a991af 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/Cargo.lock
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/Cargo.lock
@@ -1393,6 +1393,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "mediarepo-logic",
  "serde",
  "tokio",
+ "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-logic/src/dao/job/mod.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-logic/src/dao/job/mod.rs
index b2077bc..1e17ca9 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-logic/src/dao/job/mod.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-logic/src/dao/job/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 use crate::dao_provider;
+use crate::dto::JobDto;
+use chrono::Local;
+use mediarepo_core::error::RepoResult;
+use mediarepo_database::entities::job;
+use sea_orm::prelude::*;
 
 pub mod generate_missing_thumbnails;
 pub mod migrate_content_descriptors;
@@ -6,3 +11,19 @@ pub mod sqlite_operations;
 pub mod state;
 
 dao_provider!(JobDao);
+
+impl JobDao {
+    /// Returns a list of all jobs that are scheduled (have a next_run date)
+    pub async fn scheduled_for_now(&self) -> RepoResult<Vec<JobDto>> {
+        let jobs = job::Entity::find()
+            .filter(job::Column::NextRun.is_not_null())
+            .filter(job::Column::NextRun.lt(Local::now().naive_local()))
+            .all(&self.ctx.db)
+            .await?
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(JobDto::new)
+            .collect();
+
+        Ok(jobs)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-logic/src/dao/job/state.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-logic/src/dao/job/state.rs
index db6c13b..8370305 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-logic/src/dao/job/state.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-logic/src/dao/job/state.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 use crate::dao::job::JobDao;
-use crate::dto::JobStateDto;
+use crate::dto::{JobStateDto, UpsertJobStateDto};
 use mediarepo_core::error::RepoResult;
 use mediarepo_database::entities::job_state;
 use sea_orm::prelude::*;
+use sea_orm::ActiveValue::Set;
+use sea_orm::{Condition, TransactionTrait};
 
 impl JobDao {
     /// Returns all job states for a given job id
@@ -17,4 +19,42 @@ impl JobDao {
 
         Ok(states)
     }
+
+    pub async fn upsert_multiple_states(&self, states: Vec<UpsertJobStateDto>) -> RepoResult<()> {
+        let trx = self.ctx.db.begin().await?;
+
+        job_state::Entity::delete_many()
+            .filter(build_state_filters(&states))
+            .exec(&trx)
+            .await?;
+        job_state::Entity::insert_many(build_active_state_models(states))
+            .exec(&trx)
+            .await?;
+
+        trx.commit().await?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+fn build_state_filters(states: &Vec<UpsertJobStateDto>) -> Condition {
+    states
+        .iter()
+        .map(|s| {
+            Condition::all()
+                .add(job_state::Column::JobId.eq(s.job_id))
+                .add(job_state::Column::Key.eq(s.key.to_owned()))
+        })
+        .fold(Condition::any(), |acc, cond| acc.add(cond))
+}
+
+fn build_active_state_models(states: Vec<UpsertJobStateDto>) -> Vec<job_state::ActiveModel> {
+    states
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|s| job_state::ActiveModel {
+            job_id: Set(s.job_id),
+            key: Set(s.key),
+            value: Set(s.value),
+        })
+        .collect()
 }
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-logic/src/dto/job.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-logic/src/dto/job.rs
index 32a27ee..f4c186e 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-logic/src/dto/job.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-logic/src/dto/job.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use chrono::NaiveDateTime;
 use mediarepo_database::entities::job;
 use mediarepo_database::entities::job::JobType;
 
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct JobDto {
     model: job::Model,
 }
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/Cargo.toml b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/Cargo.toml
index 96af684..b5903ec 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/Cargo.toml
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 async-trait = "0.1.52"
+tracing = "0.1.31"
 
 [dependencies.mediarepo-core]
 path = "../mediarepo-core"
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ path = "../mediarepo-logic"
 
 [dependencies.tokio]
 version = "1.17.0"
-features = []
+features = ["macros"]
 
 [dependencies.chrono]
 version = "0.4.19"
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/src/jobs/mod.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/src/jobs/mod.rs
index ad9c8d8..205a5f2 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/src/jobs/mod.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/src/jobs/mod.rs
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
+use crate::progress::JobProgressUpdate;
 use crate::state_data::StateData;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use mediarepo_core::error::RepoResult;
 use mediarepo_logic::dao::repo::Repo;
-use mediarepo_logic::dto::JobDto;
+use tokio::sync::mpsc::Sender;
 
 #[async_trait]
 pub trait ScheduledJob {
-    fn new(dto: JobDto) -> Self;
-
     async fn set_state(&self, state: StateData) -> RepoResult<()>;
 
-    async fn run(&self, repo: Repo) -> RepoResult<()>;
+    async fn run(&self, sender: &mut Sender<JobProgressUpdate>, repo: Repo) -> RepoResult<()>;
 
     fn execution_state(&self) -> JobExecutionState;
 }
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/src/jobs_table.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/src/jobs_table.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9c30f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/src/jobs_table.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+use crate::progress::JobProgressUpdate;
+use mediarepo_logic::dto::JobDto;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use tokio::sync::RwLock;
+
+pub type JobsTable = Arc<RwLock<HashMap<i64, JobEntry>>>;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct JobEntry {
+    pub dto: JobDto,
+    pub last_update: Option<JobProgressUpdate>,
+}
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/src/lib.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/src/lib.rs
index 6046de1..ac3b2ec 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/src/lib.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 pub mod jobs;
+pub mod jobs_table;
+pub mod progress;
 pub mod scheduler;
 pub mod state_data;
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/src/progress.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/src/progress.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59659d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/src/progress.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+use crate::jobs::JobExecutionState;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct JobProgressUpdate {
+    id: i64,
+    state: JobExecutionState,
+    progress: Option<u64>,
+    total: Option<u64>,
+}
+
+impl JobProgressUpdate {
+    pub fn new(id: i64) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            id,
+            state: JobExecutionState::Scheduled,
+            progress: None,
+            total: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn id(&self) -> i64 {
+        self.id
+    }
+
+    pub fn state(&self) -> JobExecutionState {
+        self.state
+    }
+
+    pub fn set_state(&mut self, state: JobExecutionState) {
+        self.state = state;
+    }
+
+    pub fn progress(&self) -> Option<u64> {
+        self.progress
+    }
+
+    pub fn set_progress(&mut self, progress: u64) {
+        self.progress = Some(progress);
+    }
+
+    pub fn total(&self) -> Option<u64> {
+        self.total
+    }
+
+    pub fn set_total(&mut self, total: u64) {
+        self.total = Some(total)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/src/scheduler.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/src/scheduler.rs
index f7e244d..c10d632 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/src/scheduler.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/src/scheduler.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,164 @@
+use crate::jobs::{JobExecutionState, ScheduledJob};
+use crate::jobs_table::JobsTable;
+use crate::progress::JobProgressUpdate;
+use crate::state_data::StateData;
+use mediarepo_core::error::RepoResult;
+use mediarepo_core::futures::select;
+use mediarepo_core::settings::LogLevel::Debug;
+use mediarepo_core::tokio_graceful_shutdown::SubsystemHandle;
 use mediarepo_logic::dao::repo::Repo;
+use mediarepo_logic::dao::DaoProvider;
+use mediarepo_logic::dto::JobDto;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::time::Duration;
+use tokio::sync::mpsc::{channel, Receiver, Sender};
+use tokio::sync::RwLock;
 
+#[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct Scheduler {
-    pub repo: Repo,
+    repo: Repo,
+    state_data: Arc<RwLock<Vec<StateData>>>,
+    jobs_table: JobsTable,
 }
 
-impl Scheduler {}
+impl Scheduler {
+    pub fn new(repo: Repo) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            repo,
+            state_data: Default::default(),
+            jobs_table: Default::default(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn run(self, subsystem: SubsystemHandle) -> JobsTable {
+        tokio::task::spawn({
+            let subsystem = subsystem.clone();
+            let scheduler = self.clone();
+            async move {
+                scheduler.loop_save_states(subsystem).await;
+            }
+        });
+
+        let (tx, rx) = channel(32);
+
+        tokio::task::spawn({
+            let scheduler = self.clone();
+            async move {
+                scheduler.loop_schedule(subsystem, tx).await;
+            }
+        });
+
+        let jobs_table = self.jobs_table.clone();
+
+        tokio::task::spawn(async move { self.update_on_progress(rx).await });
+
+        jobs_table
+    }
+
+    async fn loop_schedule(
+        self,
+        subsystem: SubsystemHandle,
+        job_progress_sender: Sender<JobProgressUpdate>,
+    ) {
+        loop {
+            if let Err(e) = self.schedule(&job_progress_sender).await {
+                tracing::error!("failed to schedule jobs: {}", e);
+            }
+            tokio::select! {
+                _ = tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1)) => {},
+                _ = subsystem.on_shutdown_requested() => {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn schedule(&self, job_progress_sender: &Sender<JobProgressUpdate>) -> RepoResult<()> {
+        let mut scheduled_jobs = self.repo.job().scheduled_for_now().await?;
+        let running_jobs = self.running_jobs().await;
+
+        scheduled_jobs.retain(|j| !running_jobs.contains(&j.id()));
+
+        for job in scheduled_jobs {
+            let mut sender = job_progress_sender.clone();
+            let mut progress = JobProgressUpdate::new(job.id());
+            let scheduled_job = create_job(job);
+            let _ = sender.send(progress.clone()).await;
+            let repo = self.repo.clone();
+
+            tokio::task::spawn(async move {
+                progress.set_state(JobExecutionState::Running);
+                let _ = sender.send(progress.clone()).await;
+
+                if let Err(e) = scheduled_job.run(&mut sender, repo).await {
+                    tracing::error!("error occurred during job execution: {}", e);
+                }
+                progress.set_state(JobExecutionState::Finished);
+                let _ = sender.send(progress).await;
+            });
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    async fn loop_save_states(self, subsystem: SubsystemHandle) {
+        loop {
+            if let Err(e) = self.save_states().await {
+                tracing::error!("failed to save job state {}", e);
+            }
+
+            tokio::select! {
+                _ = tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1)) => {},
+                _ = subsystem.on_shutdown_requested() => {
+                    let _ = self.save_states().await;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn save_states(&self) -> RepoResult<()> {
+        let mut changed_states = Vec::new();
+        {
+            let states = self.state_data.read().await;
+            for state in &*states {
+                changed_states.append(&mut state.changed_states().await);
+            }
+        }
+        self.repo
+            .job()
+            .upsert_multiple_states(changed_states)
+            .await?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    async fn update_on_progress(mut self, mut rx: Receiver<JobProgressUpdate>) {
+        while let Some(progress) = rx.recv().await {
+            let mut jobs_table = self.jobs_table.write().await;
+
+            if let JobExecutionState::Finished = progress.state() {
+                let mut state_data = self.state_data.write().await;
+                state_data.retain(|s| s.job_id() != progress.id());
+            }
+
+            if let Some(entry) = jobs_table.get_mut(&progress.id()) {
+                entry.last_update = Some(progress);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn running_jobs(&self) -> Vec<i64> {
+        let jobs_table = self.jobs_table.read().await;
+        jobs_table
+            .values()
+            .filter_map(|v| v.last_update.as_ref())
+            .filter(|u| u.state() != JobExecutionState::Finished)
+            .map(|u| u.id())
+            .collect()
+    }
+}
+
+fn create_job(dto: JobDto) -> Box<dyn ScheduledJob + Send + Sync> {
+    todo!("implement")
+}
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/src/state_data.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/src/state_data.rs
index f197fb5..7a9f5e7 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/src/state_data.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/src/state_data.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ pub struct StateData {
 }
 
 impl StateData {
+    pub fn job_id(&self) -> i64 {
+        self.job_id
+    }
+
     /// Loads the state from the database
     pub async fn load(job_dao: JobDao, job_id: i64) -> RepoResult<Self> {
         let states = job_dao.states_for_job_id(job_id).await?;