diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/Cargo.lock b/mediarepo-daemon/Cargo.lock
index 741d923..7dfc9f1 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/Cargo.lock
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/Cargo.lock
@@ -1294,6 +1294,7 @@ name = "mediarepo-core"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
+ "bincode",
  "config",
  "data-encoding",
  "futures 0.3.21",
@@ -1324,6 +1325,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "mediarepo-core",
  "mediarepo-logic",
  "mediarepo-socket",
+ "mediarepo-worker",
  "num-integer",
  "rolling-file",
  "structopt",
@@ -1381,6 +1383,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing-futures",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mediarepo-worker"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "chrono",
+ "mediarepo-core",
+ "mediarepo-logic",
+ "serde",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
 version = "2.4.1"
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/Cargo.toml b/mediarepo-daemon/Cargo.toml
index 821495e..81deeb0 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/Cargo.toml
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [workspace]
-members = ["mediarepo-core", "mediarepo-database", "mediarepo-logic", "mediarepo-socket", "."]
-default-members = ["mediarepo-core", "mediarepo-database", "mediarepo-logic", "mediarepo-socket", "."]
+members = ["mediarepo-core", "mediarepo-database", "mediarepo-logic", "mediarepo-socket", "mediarepo-worker", "."]
+default-members = ["mediarepo-core", "mediarepo-database", "mediarepo-logic", "mediarepo-socket", "mediarepo-worker", "."]
 
 [package]
 name = "mediarepo-daemon"
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ path = "mediarepo-logic"
 [dependencies.mediarepo-socket]
 path = "./mediarepo-socket"
 
+[dependencies.mediarepo-worker]
+path = "./mediarepo-worker"
+
 [dependencies.tokio]
 version = "1.17.0"
 features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread", "io-std", "io-util"]
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/Cargo.toml b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/Cargo.toml
index 5a007dd..09cdf3f 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ tracing = "0.1.31"
 data-encoding = "2.3.2"
 tokio-graceful-shutdown = "0.4.3"
 thumbnailer = "0.4.0"
+bincode = "1.3.3"
 
 [dependencies.sea-orm]
 version = "0.6.0"
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/src/error.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/src/error.rs
index 7f5dfbc..4173ed4 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/src/error.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/src/error.rs
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ pub enum RepoError {
 
     #[error("the database file is corrupted {0}")]
     Corrupted(String),
+
+    #[error("bincode de-/serialization failed {0}")]
+    Bincode(#[from] bincode::Error),
 }
 
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/src/lib.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/src/lib.rs
index a33546e..ab1a2fc 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+pub use bincode;
 pub use futures;
 pub use itertools;
 pub use mediarepo_api;
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/entities/job.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/entities/job.rs
index f87f5ba..dddf46c 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/entities/job.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-database/src/entities/job.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pub struct Model {
     pub interval: Option<i64>,
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, EnumIter, DeriveActiveEnum)]
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, EnumIter, DeriveActiveEnum)]
 #[sea_orm(rs_type = "u32", db_type = "Integer")]
 pub enum JobType {
     #[sea_orm(num_value = 10)]
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-logic/src/dao/job/mod.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-logic/src/dao/job/mod.rs
index 31ab290..b2077bc 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-logic/src/dao/job/mod.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-logic/src/dao/job/mod.rs
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ use crate::dao_provider;
 pub mod generate_missing_thumbnails;
 pub mod migrate_content_descriptors;
 pub mod sqlite_operations;
+pub mod state;
 
 dao_provider!(JobDao);
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-logic/src/dao/job/state.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-logic/src/dao/job/state.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db6c13b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-logic/src/dao/job/state.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+use crate::dao::job::JobDao;
+use crate::dto::JobStateDto;
+use mediarepo_core::error::RepoResult;
+use mediarepo_database::entities::job_state;
+use sea_orm::prelude::*;
+
+impl JobDao {
+    /// Returns all job states for a given job id
+    pub async fn states_for_job_id(&self, job_id: i64) -> RepoResult<Vec<JobStateDto>> {
+        let states = job_state::Entity::find()
+            .filter(job_state::Column::JobId.eq(job_id))
+            .all(&self.ctx.db)
+            .await?
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(JobStateDto::new)
+            .collect();
+
+        Ok(states)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-logic/src/dto/job.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-logic/src/dto/job.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32a27ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-logic/src/dto/job.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+use chrono::NaiveDateTime;
+use mediarepo_database::entities::job;
+use mediarepo_database::entities::job::JobType;
+
+pub struct JobDto {
+    model: job::Model,
+}
+
+impl JobDto {
+    pub(crate) fn new(model: job::Model) -> Self {
+        Self { model }
+    }
+
+    pub fn id(&self) -> i64 {
+        self.model.id
+    }
+
+    pub fn job_type(&self) -> JobType {
+        self.model.job_type
+    }
+
+    pub fn name(&self) -> Option<&String> {
+        self.model.name.as_ref()
+    }
+
+    pub fn next_run(&self) -> Option<NaiveDateTime> {
+        self.model.next_run
+    }
+
+    pub fn interval(&self) -> Option<i64> {
+        self.model.interval
+    }
+}
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-logic/src/dto/job_state.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-logic/src/dto/job_state.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05bbdce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-logic/src/dto/job_state.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+use mediarepo_database::entities::job_state;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct JobStateDto {
+    model: job_state::Model,
+}
+
+impl JobStateDto {
+    pub(crate) fn new(model: job_state::Model) -> Self {
+        Self { model }
+    }
+
+    pub fn job_id(&self) -> i64 {
+        self.model.job_id
+    }
+
+    pub fn key(&self) -> &String {
+        &self.model.key
+    }
+
+    pub fn value(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        &self.model.value
+    }
+
+    pub fn into_value(self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        self.model.value
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct UpsertJobStateDto {
+    pub job_id: i64,
+    pub key: String,
+    pub value: Vec<u8>,
+}
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-logic/src/dto/mod.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-logic/src/dto/mod.rs
index 2444214..c1285fa 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-logic/src/dto/mod.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-logic/src/dto/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 pub use file::*;
 pub use file_metadata::*;
+pub use job::*;
+pub use job_state::*;
 pub use namespace::*;
 pub use sorting_preset::*;
 pub use tag::*;
@@ -7,6 +9,8 @@ pub use thumbnail::*;
 
 mod file;
 mod file_metadata;
+mod job;
+mod job_state;
 mod namespace;
 mod sorting_preset;
 mod tag;
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/Cargo.toml b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96af684
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+[package]
+name = "mediarepo-worker"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+async-trait = "0.1.52"
+
+[dependencies.mediarepo-core]
+path = "../mediarepo-core"
+
+[dependencies.mediarepo-logic]
+path = "../mediarepo-logic"
+
+[dependencies.tokio]
+version = "1.17.0"
+features = []
+
+[dependencies.chrono]
+version = "0.4.19"
+features = ["serde"]
+
+[dependencies.serde]
+version = "1.0.136"
+features = ["derive"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/src/jobs/mod.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/src/jobs/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad9c8d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/src/jobs/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+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;
+
+#[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<()>;
+
+    fn execution_state(&self) -> JobExecutionState;
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Ord, PartialOrd, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub enum JobExecutionState {
+    Scheduled,
+    Running,
+    Finished,
+}
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/src/lib.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6046de1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+pub mod jobs;
+pub mod scheduler;
+pub mod state_data;
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/src/scheduler.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/src/scheduler.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7e244d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/src/scheduler.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+use mediarepo_logic::dao::repo::Repo;
+
+pub struct Scheduler {
+    pub repo: Repo,
+}
+
+impl Scheduler {}
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/src/state_data.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/src/state_data.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f197fb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-worker/src/state_data.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+use mediarepo_core::bincode;
+use mediarepo_core::error::RepoResult;
+use mediarepo_logic::dao::job::JobDao;
+use mediarepo_logic::dto::UpsertJobStateDto;
+use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
+use serde::Serialize;
+use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use tokio::sync::RwLock;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct StateData {
+    job_id: i64,
+    inner: Arc<RwLock<HashMap<String, Vec<u8>>>>,
+    changed_keys: Arc<RwLock<HashSet<String>>>,
+}
+
+impl StateData {
+    /// 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?;
+        let states_map = states
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|s| (s.key().to_owned(), s.into_value()))
+            .collect::<HashMap<String, Vec<u8>>>();
+
+        Ok(Self {
+            job_id,
+            inner: Arc::new(RwLock::new(states_map)),
+            changed_keys: Default::default(),
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the deserialized copy of a state object from the inner map
+    pub async fn entry<S: AsRef<str>, T: DeserializeOwned>(&self, key: S) -> RepoResult<Option<T>> {
+        let entries = self.inner.read().await;
+        let entry = entries.get(key.as_ref());
+
+        if let Some(bytes) = entry {
+            let value = bincode::deserialize(bytes)?;
+
+            Ok(Some(value))
+        } else {
+            Ok(None)
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Stores an entry in inner map
+    pub async fn store_entry<T: Serialize>(&self, key: String, value: &T) -> RepoResult<()> {
+        let entry_bytes = bincode::serialize(value)?;
+        let mut entries = self.inner.write().await;
+        entries.insert(key.clone(), entry_bytes);
+        let mut changed_entries = self.changed_keys.write().await;
+        changed_entries.insert(key);
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Returns a list of all changed state objects as an upsert list
+    pub async fn changed_states(&self) -> Vec<UpsertJobStateDto> {
+        let mut upsert_list = Vec::new();
+
+        {
+            let changed_keys = self.changed_keys.read().await;
+            let entries = self.inner.read().await;
+
+            for key in &*changed_keys {
+                if let Some(value) = entries.get(key) {
+                    upsert_list.push(UpsertJobStateDto {
+                        job_id: self.job_id,
+                        key: key.to_owned(),
+                        value: value.clone(),
+                    });
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        {
+            let mut changed_keys = self.changed_keys.write().await;
+            changed_keys.clear();
+        }
+
+        upsert_list
+    }
+}