diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 2b75e8a..4bb57e8 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ gem 'bcrypt'
 gem 'gettext'
 gem 'mail'
 gem 'redcarpet'
+gem 'whenever'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 249f759..955384c 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ GEM
     bcrypt (3.1.20)
     benchmark (0.4.0)
     bigdecimal (3.1.9)
+    chronic (0.10.2)
     concurrent-ruby (1.3.5)
     connection_pool (2.5.0)
     date (3.4.1)
@@ -92,11 +93,16 @@ GEM
     singleton (0.3.0)
     sqlite3 (2.6.0)
       mini_portile2 (~> 2.8.0)
+    sqlite3 (2.6.0-arm64-darwin)
+    sqlite3 (2.6.0-x86_64-darwin)
+    sqlite3 (2.6.0-x86_64-linux-gnu)
     text (1.3.1)
     tilt (2.6.0)
     timeout (0.4.3)
     tzinfo (2.0.6)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
+    whenever (1.1.2)
+      chronic (>= 0.6.3)
 
 PLATFORMS
   arm64-darwin
@@ -117,6 +123,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   sinatra
   sinatra-activerecord
   sqlite3
+  whenever
 
 BUNDLED WITH
    2.3.15
diff --git a/config/schedule.rb b/config/schedule.rb
index 6247285..8d24c53 100644
--- a/config/schedule.rb
+++ b/config/schedule.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-if ENV['RACK_ENV']
-  set :environment, ENV['RACK_ENV']
-end
+require_relative '../vedia'
+
+set :environment_variable, 'RACK_ENV'
 
 every 5.minutes do
   rake "close_expired_votes"
diff --git a/vedia.rb b/vedia.rb
index 36a524f..daa2261 100644
--- a/vedia.rb
+++ b/vedia.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
 require 'sinatra'
-
-# Set environment before requiring 'sinatra/activerecord' to make `whenever` uses the database.
-if ENV['RAILS_ENV']
-  set :environment, ENV['RAILS_ENV']
-end
-
 require 'sinatra/activerecord'
 require 'bcrypt'
 require 'gettext'