diff --git a/setup-scripts/setup-health-check-scripts.sh b/setup-scripts/setup-health-check-scripts.sh
index 6cac2c9e..77be25b2 100755
--- a/setup-scripts/setup-health-check-scripts.sh
+++ b/setup-scripts/setup-health-check-scripts.sh
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ pip3 install discord-webhook python-dotenv requests elasticsearch-curator
 
 # add cron entries to user crontab
 crontab -u user /home/user/skynet-webportal/setup-scripts/support/crontab
+
+# make sure the scripts are runnable
+chmod +x /home/user/skynet-webportal/scripts/es_cleaner.py
diff --git a/setup-scripts/support/crontab b/setup-scripts/support/crontab
index 9ebdb5ae..ad766264 100644
--- a/setup-scripts/support/crontab
+++ b/setup-scripts/support/crontab
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 0 * * * * /home/user/skynet-webportal/setup-scripts/health-checker.py /home/user/skynet-webportal/.env sia 1
 30 */4 * * * /home/user/skynet-webportal/setup-scripts/blocklist-airtable.py /home/user/skynet-webportal/.env
 0 4 * * * /home/user/skynet-webportal/scripts/db_backup.sh 1 >> /home/user/skynet-webportal/logs/db_backup_`date +"%Y-%m-%d-%H%M"`.log 2 > &1
+0 5 * * * /home/user/skynet-webportal/scripts/es_cleaner.py 1 http://localhost:9200