diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e730dbb..4069b6e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@ ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
 WORKDIR /code
 COPY requirements.txt /code/
 RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+RUN apt-get update
+RUN apt-get install -y cron
 COPY . /code/
diff --git a/config/settings.py b/config/settings.py
index 63738ad..0d5e7fb 100644
--- a/config/settings.py
+++ b/config/settings.py
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
     'django.contrib.sessions',
     'django.contrib.messages',
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
+    'django_crontab',
     'django_filters',
     'corsheaders',
     'rest_framework',
@@ -251,6 +252,7 @@
     EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
     EMAIL_PORT = 587
     EMAIL_HOST_USER = os.getenv('EMAIL_HOST_USER')
+    DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = os.getenv('EMAIL_HOST_USER')
     EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = os.getenv('EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD')
 
 
@@ -270,3 +272,9 @@
 
 AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = os.getenv('AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY')
 AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = os.getenv('AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID')
+
+CRONJOBS = [ 
+    # TODO: fix "no crontab for root" error in heroku?
+    # ('*/1 * * * *', 'weekly_digest.cron.weekly_digest_job','>> ./file.log'), # for testing
+    # ('0 4 * * 1', 'weekly_digest.cron.weekly_digest_job'), # every monday at 4am
+]
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diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 3883e2a..cb65f37 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ services:
 
   web:
     build: .
-    command: bash -c "python manage.py makemigrations && python manage.py migrate && python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000"
+    command: bash -c "python manage.py makemigrations && python manage.py migrate && python manage.py crontab add && python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000"
     volumes:
       - .:/code
     ports:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1c56e6c..aab1935 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ Faker==13.15.1
 boto3==1.18.36
 django-storages==1.11.1
 Pillow==9.2.0
+django-crontab==0.7.1
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diff --git a/weekly_digest/cron.py b/weekly_digest/cron.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c4ce55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/weekly_digest/cron.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+from django.core.mail import send_mail
+from django.conf import settings
+
+
+def weekly_digest_job(self, *args, **options):
+    subscribed_users = WeeklyDigestSubscription.objects.filter(
+        subscribed=True
+    ).all()
+
+    send_mail(
+        'subject',
+        'Here is the message.',
+        settings.EMAIL_HOST_USER,
+        ['daniel.ashcraft@gmail.com'],
+        fail_silently=False,
+    )
+    print('Successfully sent')
diff --git a/weekly_digest/tests/views/test_views.py b/weekly_digest/tests/views/test_views.py
index ff3cb1b..3ce0ac5 100644
--- a/weekly_digest/tests/views/test_views.py
+++ b/weekly_digest/tests/views/test_views.py
@@ -71,6 +71,22 @@ def test_weekly_digest_put_request(self):
         self.assertEqual(response_data['email'], self.existing_email_address)
         self.assertEqual(response_data['subscribed'], False)
     
+    def test_weekly_digest_patch_request(self):
+        request_data = {
+            'subscribed': 'False',
+        }
+
+        response = self.client.patch(
+            f"/api/v1/weekly_digests/{self.weekly_digest_subscription.id}/",
+            json.dumps(request_data),
+            content_type="application/json",
+        )
+        response_data = response.json()
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        self.assertEqual(response_data['email'], self.weekly_digest_subscription.email)
+        self.assertEqual(response_data['subscribed'], False)
+
+    
     def test_weekly_digest_get_request(self):
         response = self.client.get(
             f"/api/v1/weekly_digests/{self.weekly_digest_subscription.id}/",
@@ -87,6 +103,7 @@ def test_weekly_digest_delete_request(self):
         )
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT)
 
+
     def test_trigger_digest_email_request_week_events(self):
         Event.objects.create(
             event_name='Today Event',