diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a41cf6cd7..98f7f8359 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ courses20.xml
 compose-dev.yaml
 rpi_data/get-summer-2023-2.sh
 rpi_data/summer-20232.csv
+.venv
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diff --git a/docker-compose.development.yml b/docker-compose.development.yml
index 038529a8b..c44757d8a 100644
--- a/docker-compose.development.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.development.yml
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ services:
       - ./src/web:/app
       - web_node_modules:/app/node_modules/
     environment:
-      - YACS_API_HOST=http://yacs_api:5000
+      - YACS_API_HOST=http://yacs_api:4000
 
   yacs_api:
-    command: /bin/bash -c "python tables/database_session.py && PYTHONPATH=. alembic upgrade head && uvicorn app:app --reload --host 0.0.0.0 --port 5000"
+    command: /bin/bash -c "python tables/database_session.py && PYTHONPATH=. alembic upgrade head && uvicorn app:app --reload --host 0.0.0.0 --port 4000"
     ports:
-      - 5000:5000
+      - 4000:4000
     volumes:
       - ./src/api:/usr/src
     environment:
@@ -55,3 +55,13 @@ services:
       - POSTGRES_DB=yacs
       - POSTGRES_USER=yacs
       - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${DB_PASS:-easy_dev_pass}
+
+  yacs_cron:
+    ports:
+      - 4321:4321
+    volumes:
+      - ./src/cron:/usr/src
+    environment:
+      - YACS_API_HOST=http://yacs_api:4000
+      - GECKO_PATH=/usr/local/bin/geckodriver
+      - API_SIGN_KEY=${API_SIGN_KEY:-secretKey}
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diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 4a49c90a3..51342c83b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -30,3 +30,9 @@ services:
     container_name: yacs_db
     image: postgres:12-alpine
     
+  yacs_cron:
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    container_name: yacs_cron
+    build:
+      context: ./src/cron
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
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diff --git a/rpi_data/modules/parse_runner.py b/rpi_data/modules/parse_runner.py
index 7bdd3ac29..8c16a7dc8 100644
--- a/rpi_data/modules/parse_runner.py
+++ b/rpi_data/modules/parse_runner.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 from selenium import webdriver
 from selenium.webdriver.firefox.options import Options
-import headless_login as login
-import new_parse as parser
+import cron.headless_login as login
+import cron.new_parse as parser
 import sys
 from datetime import datetime
 import pytz
diff --git a/src/api/Dockerfile b/src/api/Dockerfile
index ba9cc1da9..4c46ab735 100644
--- a/src/api/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/api/Dockerfile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ FROM python:3.8-slim
 RUN mkdir -p /usr/src
 WORKDIR /usr/src
 COPY ./requirements.txt /usr/src/
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y libpq-dev build-essential
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 COPY . /usr/src/
-
-CMD [ "sh", "scripts/start.sh" ]
+CMD [ "sh", "scripts/start.sh" ]
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diff --git a/src/cron/Dockerfile b/src/cron/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ccbed60d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cron/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# FROM selenium/standalone-firefox:latest
+FROM python:3.9-slim
+
+
+RUN apt-get update                             \
+ && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    ca-certificates curl firefox-esr           \
+ && rm -fr /var/lib/apt/lists/*                \
+ && curl -L https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases/download/v0.30.0/geckodriver-v0.30.0-linux64.tar.gz | tar xz -C /usr/local/bin \
+ && apt-get purge -y ca-certificates curl
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install cron vim
+COPY crontab /etc/cron.d/crontab
+RUN chmod 0644 /etc/cron.d/crontab
+RUN touch /var/log/cron.log
+
+RUN mkdir -p /usr/src
+WORKDIR /usr/src
+COPY ./requirements.txt /usr/src/
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+COPY . /usr/src/
+
+CMD ["cron", "-f"]
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diff --git a/rpi_data/modules/ci_scraper.py b/src/cron/ci_scraper.py
similarity index 100%
rename from rpi_data/modules/ci_scraper.py
rename to src/cron/ci_scraper.py
diff --git a/rpi_data/modules/course.py b/src/cron/course.py
similarity index 100%
rename from rpi_data/modules/course.py
rename to src/cron/course.py
diff --git a/rpi_data/modules/courses_scraper.py b/src/cron/courses_scraper.py
similarity index 98%
rename from rpi_data/modules/courses_scraper.py
rename to src/cron/courses_scraper.py
index 07360f82c..631a11a77 100644
--- a/rpi_data/modules/courses_scraper.py
+++ b/src/cron/courses_scraper.py
@@ -99,7 +99,12 @@ def scrape_single_course(prefix:str, code:str, nav: str, cat: str) -> dict:
             return dict()
         if "No courses found" in check.get_text(strip=True) or "" == check.get_text(strip=True):
             return dict()
-        nopop = check.find("a", {"aria-expanded": "false"}).get("href") # gets the link to the nopopup page
+        
+        element = check.find("a", {"aria-expanded": "false"})
+        nopop = element.get("href") if element else None
+        if nopop is None:
+            return dict()
+        # nopop = check.find("a", {"aria-expanded": "false"}).get("href") # gets the link to the nopopup page
         '''
         Beautiful soup for the nopopup page
         '''
diff --git a/src/cron/crontab b/src/cron/crontab
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..165697479
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cron/crontab
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+00 * * * * root /usr/local/bin/python3 /usr/src/no_login.py >> /var/log/cron.log 2>&1
diff --git a/rpi_data/modules/goldy_parse.py b/src/cron/goldy_parse.py
similarity index 100%
rename from rpi_data/modules/goldy_parse.py
rename to src/cron/goldy_parse.py
diff --git a/rpi_data/modules/headless_login.py b/src/cron/headless_login.py
similarity index 100%
rename from rpi_data/modules/headless_login.py
rename to src/cron/headless_login.py
diff --git a/rpi_data/modules/new_parse.py b/src/cron/new_parse.py
similarity index 100%
rename from rpi_data/modules/new_parse.py
rename to src/cron/new_parse.py
diff --git a/rpi_data/modules/no_login.py b/src/cron/no_login.py
similarity index 92%
rename from rpi_data/modules/no_login.py
rename to src/cron/no_login.py
index d6ca8a853..6c54c07c5 100644
--- a/rpi_data/modules/no_login.py
+++ b/src/cron/no_login.py
@@ -290,8 +290,9 @@ def date_split(date): # format dates
 '''
 def no_login_scrape(term: str, num_browsers: int):
     options = Options()
+    services = webdriver.FirefoxService( executable_path=os.environ.get('GECKO_PATH', '/usr/local/bin/geckodriver') )
     options.add_argument("--headless")
-    driver = webdriver.Firefox(options=options) # starter code which uses selenium
+    driver = webdriver.Firefox(options=options, service=services) # starter code which uses selenium
     subjects = old.findAllSubjectCodes(driver) # finds all subject codes
     nav, cat = cs.navigate_to_course(driver, term) # finds the navigation and catalog ids, which are each used to build a course search query.
     driver.quit()
@@ -335,6 +336,7 @@ def no_login_scrape(term: str, num_browsers: int):
     parent = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(dir_path, os.pardir))
     path = os.path.join(parent, number_to_term(term).lower().replace(" ", "-") + ".csv")
     old.writeCSV(courses, path)
+    return path
 
 '''
 Scrapes the prerequisites for multiple courses at once.
@@ -368,7 +370,31 @@ def add_goldy_info(course: Course, goldy_info: dict):
         course.raw = "Prerequisites: " + goldy_info[checking]
         
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    no_login_scrape("202409", 15)
-    #driver = webdriver.Firefox()
+    print("Our test works at", datetime.now())
+
+    # options = Options()
+    # services = webdriver.FirefoxService( executable_path=os.environ.get('GECKO_PATH', '/usr/local/bin/geckodriver') )
+    # options.add_argument("--headless")
+    # driver = webdriver.Firefox(options=options, service=services)
+
+    # print(cs.scrape_single_course(driver, "MANE", "6990", 202509))
+
+    file = no_login_scrape("202509", 15)
+    fileName = os.path.basename(os.path.normpath(file))
+    url = os.environ.get('YACS_API_HOST', 'http://yacs_api:4000')
+    payload = {'isPubliclyVisible': 'on'}
+    
+    files=[
+    ('file',(fileName,open(file,'rb'),'text/csv'))
+    ]
+
+    headers = {
+    'X-API-KEY': os.environ.get('API_SIGN_KEY', None)
+    }
+
+    resp = requests.post(url + '/api/bulkCourseUpload', headers=headers, data=payload, files=files)
+    print(resp.text)
+
+    # driver = webdriver.Firefox()
     #print(cs.scrape_single_course(driver, "CSCI", "1100", 202409))
-    #print(link_scrape("202409", "https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=202409&subj_in=CHME&crse_in=4980&schd_in=L", "CHME"))
+    #print(link_scrape("202409", "https://sis.rpi.edu/rss/bwckctlg.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=202409&subj_in=CHME&crse_in=4980&schd_in=L", "CHME"))
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diff --git a/src/cron/requirements.txt b/src/cron/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de9ed7083
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cron/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+selenium==4.28.1
+beautifulsoup4==4.12.3
+bs4==0.0.2
+pypdf==5.1.0
+pandas==2.2.3
+requests==2.32.3
+regex==2024.11.6
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