diff --git a/backend/task/.env b/backend/task/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a370ac9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/task/.env
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DATABASE_URL=postgres://wyatt:wyattisawesome@localhost:5432/postgres
diff --git a/backend/task/src/main.rs b/backend/task/src/main.rs
index 7f192d3..d4de67d 100644
--- a/backend/task/src/main.rs
+++ b/backend/task/src/main.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
-use chrono::prelude::*;
-use once_cell::sync::{Lazy, OnceCell};
-use sqlx::{database, PgPool};
+use chrono::{prelude::*, Duration};
+// use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
+use sqlx::{postgres::PgPoolOptions, PgPool, Pool, Postgres};
 use std::env;
 
 mod tasks;
 
-pub struct TaskServer {
-    jobs: Vec<Job>,
+pub struct TaskManager<'a> {
+    pool: Pool<Postgres>,
+    jobs: Vec<TaskJob>,
     last_activated: Option<chrono::DateTime<Utc>>,
-    last_job: Option<Job>,
+    last_job: Option<TaskJob>,
+    scheduler: job_scheduler::JobScheduler<'a>,
 }
 
 pub struct TaskLog {
@@ -24,39 +26,69 @@ enum TaskStatus {
     Failed,
 }
 
-pub struct Job {
-    pub task_id: u8,
-    pub task_name: u8,
+#[derive(Debug, sqlx::FromRow)]
+pub struct TaskJob {
+    pub task_id: i32,
+    pub task_name: String,
     pub schedule: String,
-    pub created_at: String,
-    pub deleted_at: Option<String>,
-}
-
-pub static G_DB: Lazy<DatabaseConfig> = Lazy::new(|| DatabaseConfig {
-    pool: None,
-    database_type: Some("postgres".to_string()),
-});
-
-pub struct DatabaseConfig {
-    pool: Option<PgPool>,
-    pub database_type: Option<String>,
+    pub is_active: bool,
+    pub created_at: chrono::DateTime<Utc>,
+    pub deleted_at: Option<chrono::DateTime<Utc>>,
 }
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
     println!("Hello, world!");
+
+    dotenvy::dotenv().unwrap();
+    let database_url =
+        env::var("DATABASE_URL").expect("Environment variable DATABASE_URL is not found");
+    let pool = PgPoolOptions::new()
+        .max_connections(10)
+        .connect(&database_url)
+        .await
+        .expect("Failed to connect to the database");
+
+    let mut manager = TaskManager::new(pool);
+    manager.register_jobs().await;
+
+    loop {
+        manager.scheduler.tick();
+        std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(1000));
+    }
 }
 
-impl TaskServer {
-    fn new() -> Self {
-        TaskServer {
+impl<'a> TaskManager<'a> {
+    fn new(pool: Pool<Postgres>) -> Self {
+        TaskManager {
+            pool,
             jobs: Vec::new(),
             last_activated: None,
             last_job: None,
+            scheduler: job_scheduler::JobScheduler::new(),
         }
     }
 
-    fn register_jobs() -> Vec<Job> {
-        Vec::new()
+    pub async fn register_jobs(&self) {
+        // let jobs: Vec<Job> = Vec::new();
+        let results = sqlx::query_as::<_, TaskJob>("SELECT task_id, task_name, schedule, is_active, created_at, deleted_at FROM tasks WHERE is_active = true AND deleted_at IS NULL")
+            .fetch_all(&self.pool)
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let mut scheduler = job_scheduler::JobScheduler::new();
+        results
+            .iter()
+            .map(|j| {
+                scheduler.add(job_scheduler::Job::new(j.schedule.parse().unwrap(), || {
+                    println!("Starting task name: {:?}", j.task_name);
+
+                    match j.task_id {
+                        1 => tasks::import_posts::import_posts("/app", &self.pool),
+                        _ => panic!(),
+                    }
+                }));
+            })
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
     }
 }
diff --git a/backend/task/src/tasks/import_posts.rs b/backend/task/src/tasks/import_posts.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d180365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/task/src/tasks/import_posts.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+pub async fn import_posts(dir_path: &str, pool: &sqlx::Pool<sqlx::Postgres>) {
+    println!("hello from import_posts");
+    let entries = std::fs::read_dir(dir_path).unwrap();
+
+    for f in entries {
+        let file = f.unwrap();
+        let file_path = file.path();
+        if file_path.is_file() {
+            let file_name = file.file_name().to_str().unwrap();
+            let exists = sqlx::query_as::<_, FilenameExists>(
+                "SELECT EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM posts WHERE filename = $1)",
+            )
+            .bind(file_name.clone())
+            .fetch_one(pool)
+            .await
+            .unwrap()
+            .filename;
+
+            if !exists.is_empty() {
+                let file_md_contents = std::fs::read_to_string(file).unwrap().as_str();
+                let content = markdown::to_html(file_md_contents);
+
+                sqlx::query_as::<_, InsertPosts>("INSERT INTO posts (title, body) VALUES ($1, $2)")
+                    .bind(file_name.clone())
+                    .fetch_one(pool)
+                    .await
+                    .unwrap();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, sqlx::FromRow)]
+struct FilenameExists {
+    filename: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, sqlx::FromRow)]
+struct InsertPosts {
+    title: String,
+    body: String,
+}
diff --git a/backend/task/src/tasks/mod.rs b/backend/task/src/tasks/mod.rs
index f862bee..5b96f31 100644
--- a/backend/task/src/tasks/mod.rs
+++ b/backend/task/src/tasks/mod.rs
@@ -1 +1 @@
-pub mod register;
+pub mod import_posts;
diff --git a/backend/task/src/tasks/register.rs b/backend/task/src/tasks/register.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 660d6cf..0000000
--- a/backend/task/src/tasks/register.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-pub struct Register;
-impl Register {}