diff --git a/setup-scripts/health-checker.py b/setup-scripts/health-checker.py
index 13fb8982..59bab3aa 100755
--- a/setup-scripts/health-checker.py
+++ b/setup-scripts/health-checker.py
@@ -1,7 +1,25 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 from urllib.request import urlopen, Request
-import urllib, json, os, traceback, discord
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import urllib, json, os, traceback, discord, sys
+
+
+# sc_precision is the number of hastings per siacoin
+sc_precision = 10 ** 24
+
+# Environment variable globals
+api_endpoint, port, portal_name, bot_token, password = None, None, None, None, None
+
+# Load dotenv file if possible.
+if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+    env_path = Path(sys.argv[1])
+    load_dotenv(dotenv_path=env_path)
+
+bot_token = os.environ["DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN"]
+portal_name  = os.getenv("PORTAL_NAME")
 
 # Get a port or use default
 port = os.getenv("API_PORT")
@@ -9,13 +27,9 @@ if not port:
     port = "9980"
 
 api_endpoint = "http://localhost:{}".format(port)
-portal_name  = os.getenv("PORTAL_NAME")
 
-# sc_precision is the number of hastings per siacoin
-sc_precision = 10 ** 24
 
 # Discord bot initialization
-bot_token = os.environ["DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN"]
 client = discord.Client()
 channel_name = "skynet-portal-health-check"
 
diff --git a/setup-scripts/setup-health-check-scripts.sh b/setup-scripts/setup-health-check-scripts.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f635c68a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup-scripts/setup-health-check-scripts.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get -y install python3-pip
+
+pip3 install discord.py
+
+downloadCheck="0 0,8,16 * * * ~/skynet-webportal/setup-scripts/health-checker.py ~/.sia/sia.env"
+uploadCheck="0 0,8,16 * * * ~/skynet-webportal/setup-scripts/health-checker.py ~/.sia/sia-upload.env"
+
+(crontab -u userhere -l; echo "$downloadCheck" ) | crontab -u userhere -
+(crontab -u userhere -l; echo "$uploadCheck" ) | crontab -u userhere -
diff --git a/setup-scripts/sia.env b/setup-scripts/sia.env
index cc986b46..5b971918 100644
--- a/setup-scripts/sia.env
+++ b/setup-scripts/sia.env
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 SIA_DATA_DIR=""
 SIA_API_PASSWORD=""
 SIA_WALLET_PASSWORD=""
+API_PORT=""
+PORTAL_NAME=""
+DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN=""