diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index 4471fa7449c526ba121bb7f6c9dffa78b04c4fdb..46ab25a044674ce8134c7824ea61c7bf1211b3e7 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -12,22 +12,30 @@ COPY ./pyproject.toml ./poetry.lock* /tmp/
 
 RUN poetry export -f requirements.txt --output requirements.txt --without-hashes
 
-FROM python:3.11.4-slim-bookworm
+FROM python:3.11.4-slim-bookworm as django
 
 RUN apt update -y && apt upgrade -y && apt install -y python3-dev libpq-dev cron
 
 RUN useradd -ms /bin/bash worker
 
-USER worker
+WORKDIR  /code
+
+COPY docker-cron/clean.cron /etc/cron.d/clean-session
 
-WORKDIR /code
+RUN crontab -u worker /etc/cron.d/clean-session
 
 COPY --chown=worker:worker --from=requirements-stage /tmp/requirements.txt /code/requirements.txt
 
+USER worker
+
 RUN pip install --user --no-cache-dir --upgrade -r /code/requirements.txt
 
 COPY --chown=worker:worker . ./
 
-EXPOSE 8000
 
+
+EXPOSE 8000
+# CMD ["service", "cron", "start"]
 CMD ["gunicorn", "--timeout", "120", "--bind", ":8000", "defense_finder_api.wsgi:application"]
+
+
diff --git a/backend/docker-cron/clean.cron b/backend/docker-cron/clean.cron
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ea15677e639c07d47e520f72be67bf03ef5e7a33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/docker-cron/clean.cron
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*/5 * * * * python /code/manage.py clear-sessions-history
diff --git a/deploy/charts/djangoninja/templates/deployment.yaml b/deploy/charts/djangoninja/templates/deployment.yaml
index 7eb4b594be90f95b4d14745949f0fbe111fb2756..0b99bbed5107987a821d39493456ffc7ecc00841 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/djangoninja/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/djangoninja/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -93,6 +93,62 @@ spec:
             #   name: server-static
             - mountPath: /uploaded-files
               name: uploaded-files
+        - name: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-cron"
+
+          securityContext:
+            {{- toYaml .Values.securityContext | nindent 12 }}
+          image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag | default .Chart.AppVersion }}"
+          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
+          command: 
+            - service
+          args:
+            - cron
+            - start
+          envFrom:
+          - configMapRef:
+              name: galaxy-config-map
+          env:
+            - name: DEBUG
+              value: "True"
+            - name: SECRET_KEY
+              value: {{ .Values.django.secret }}
+            - name: GALAXY_API_KEY
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: galaxy-secret
+                  key: galaxy_key
+            - name: DF_HOSTNAME
+              value: {{ .Release.Name }}  
+            - name: POSTGRES_PASSWORD
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: "{{ .Values.postgresql.user }}.{{ .Values.postgresql.teamId }}-postgresql.credentials.postgresql.acid.zalan.do"
+                  key: password
+            - name: POSTGRES_USER
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: "{{ .Values.postgresql.user }}.{{ .Values.postgresql.teamId }}-postgresql.credentials.postgresql.acid.zalan.do"
+                  key: username
+            - name: POSTGRES_DB 
+              value: {{ .Values.postgresql.name }}
+            - name: DATABASE_URL
+              value: "psql://$(POSTGRES_USER):$(POSTGRES_PASSWORD)@{{ .Values.postgresql.teamId }}-postgresql:5432/$(POSTGRES_DB)"
+          # livenessProbe:
+          #   httpGet:
+          #     path: /
+          #     port: 8000
+          # readinessProbe:
+          #   httpGet:
+          #     path: /
+          #     port: 8000
+          resources:
+            {{- toYaml .Values.resources | nindent 12 }}
+          volumeMounts:
+            # - mountPath: /code/public/static
+            #   name: server-static
+            - mountPath: /uploaded-files
+              name: uploaded-files
+
       {{- with .Values.nodeSelector }}
       nodeSelector:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}