diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 49f23a6..66b9a44 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ gem 'hpricot'
 gem 'nokogiri'
 gem 'rake', :require => false
 
+gem 'whenever', :require => false
+
 # FIXME list here all actual dependencies (i.e. the ones in debian/control),
 # with their GEM names (not the Debian package names)
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 518e712..d37d76c 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ GEM
       xpath (~> 2.0)
     childprocess (0.3.3)
       ffi (~> 1.0.6)
+    chronic (0.10.2)
     cucumber (1.0.6)
       builder (>= 2.1.2)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.1.2)
@@ -146,6 +147,9 @@ GEM
       polyglot (>= 0.3.1)
     tzinfo (0.3.33)
     websocket (1.0.7)
+    whenever (0.9.2)
+      activesupport (>= 2.3.4)
+      chronic (>= 0.6.3)
     will_paginate (3.0.3)
     xpath (2.0.0)
       nokogiri (~> 1.3)
@@ -177,4 +181,5 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   ruby-feedparser
   selenium-webdriver
   thin
+  whenever
   will_paginate
diff --git a/config/schedule.rb b/config/schedule.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3654d0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/schedule.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Use this file to easily define all of your cron jobs.
+#
+# It's helpful, but not entirely necessary to understand cron before proceeding.
+# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron
+
+# Example:
+#
+# set :output, "/path/to/my/cron_log.log"
+#
+# every 2.hours do
+#   command "/usr/bin/some_great_command"
+#   runner "MyModel.some_method"
+#   rake "some:great:rake:task"
+# end
+#
+# every 4.days do
+#   runner "AnotherModel.prune_old_records"
+# end
+
+# Learn more: http://github.com/javan/whenever
+#
+set :environment, 'development'
+set :output, "/home/rodrigo/noosfero/log/cron.log"
+
+every 1.minute do
+  runner "SearchTerm.calculate_scores"
+end
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