diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 6685808..779262b 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -3,10 +3,20 @@ import datetime
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine, Column, Integer, String, Date
 from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
 from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
-import pymysql
+from flask_apscheduler import APScheduler
+
+
+class Config:
+    SCHEDULER_API_ENABLED = True
+
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 app.config['SECRET_KEY'] = 'fa6166b0218186fb852429060105aca18e0f979240be8ebf'
+app.config.from_object(Config())
+
+scheduler = APScheduler()
+scheduler.init_app(app)
+
 
 Base = declarative_base()
 
@@ -48,6 +58,24 @@ SettingsMetadata.__table__.create(bind=engine, checkfirst=True)
 Session = sessionmaker(bind=engine)
 
 
+@scheduler.task('cron', id='send_notifications', minute='*')
+def notifications():
+    session = Session()
+
+    notifications = {'text': '', 'email': ''}
+    notifications['text'] = session.query(Settings).filter_by(settingType=1).first().settingValue
+    notifications['email'] = session.query(Settings).filter_by(settingType=2).first().settingValue
+
+    if notifications['text']:
+        print('will send text')
+    if notifications['email']:
+        print('will send email')
+    print('checked')
+
+
+scheduler.start()
+
+
 @app.route('/', methods=('GET', 'POST'))
 @app.route('/index.html', methods=('GET', 'POST'))
 def index():
@@ -142,11 +170,16 @@ def install():
     session.add(Settings(settingType=1, settingValue='False'))
     session.add(Settings(settingType=2, settingValue='False'))
     session.add(Settings(settingType=3, settingValue='14'))
+    session.add(Settings(settingType=4, settingValue=None))
+    session.add(Settings(settingType=5, settingValue=None))
+
 
     # Populate SettingsMetadata
     session.add(SettingsMetadata(settingTypeID=1, settingTypeName='Text'))
     session.add(SettingsMetadata(settingTypeID=2, settingTypeName='Email'))
     session.add(SettingsMetadata(settingTypeID=3, settingTypeName='Feeding Frequency'))
+    session.add(SettingsMetadata(settingTypeID=4, settingTypeName='Alert Phone Number'))
+    session.add(SettingsMetadata(settingTypeID=5, settingTypeName='Alert Email'))
 
     session.commit()