diff --git a/app/config.py b/app/config.py
index 0d35ef52..6c0f4d36 100644
--- a/app/config.py
+++ b/app/config.py
@@ -166,3 +166,7 @@ MFA_USER_ID = "mfa_user_id"
 
 FLASK_PROFILER_PATH = os.environ.get("FLASK_PROFILER_PATH")
 FLASK_PROFILER_PASSWORD = os.environ.get("FLASK_PROFILER_PASSWORD")
+
+
+# Job names
+JOB_ONBOARDING_1 = "onboarding-1"
diff --git a/job_runner.py b/job_runner.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f9839070
--- /dev/null
+++ b/job_runner.py
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+"""
+Run scheduled jobs.
+Not meant for running job at precise time (+- 1h)
+"""
+import time
+
+import arrow
+
+from app.config import (
+    JOB_ONBOARDING_1,
+)
+from app.email_utils import (
+    send_email,
+    render,
+)
+from app.extensions import db
+from app.log import LOG
+from app.models import (
+    User,
+    Job,
+)
+from server import create_app
+
+
+# fix the database connection leak issue
+# use this method instead of create_app
+def new_app():
+    app = create_app()
+
+    @app.teardown_appcontext
+    def shutdown_session(response_or_exc):
+        # same as shutdown_session() in flask-sqlalchemy but this is not enough
+        db.session.remove()
+
+        # dispose the engine too
+        db.engine.dispose()
+
+    return app
+
+
+def onboarding_1(user):
+    send_email(
+        user.email,
+        f"Do you know you can send emails to anyone from your alias?",
+        render("com/onboarding-1.txt", user=user),
+        render("com/onboarding-1.html", user=user),
+    )
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    while True:
+        # run a job 1h earlier or later is not a big deal ...
+        min_dt = arrow.now().shift(hours=-1)
+        max_dt = arrow.now().shift(hours=1)
+
+        app = new_app()
+
+        with app.app_context():
+            for job in Job.query.filter(
+                Job.taken == False, Job.run_at > min_dt, Job.run_at <= max_dt
+            ).all():
+                LOG.d("Take job %s", job)
+
+                # mark the job as taken, whether it will be executed successfully or not
+                job.taken = True
+                db.session.commit()
+
+                if job.name == JOB_ONBOARDING_1:
+                    user_id = job.payload.get("user_id")
+                    user = User.get(user_id)
+
+                    LOG.d("run onboarding_1 for user %s", user)
+                    onboarding_1(user)
+                else:
+                    LOG.error("Unknown job name %s", job.name)
+
+        time.sleep(10)