diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/CommaFeedApplication.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/CommaFeedApplication.java
index d537db6a..37414c44 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/CommaFeedApplication.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/CommaFeedApplication.java
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ import com.commafeed.backend.service.PasswordEncryptionService;
 import com.commafeed.backend.service.PubSubService;
 import com.commafeed.backend.service.StartupService;
 import com.commafeed.backend.service.UserService;
+import com.commafeed.backend.task.OldStatusesCleanupTask;
+import com.commafeed.backend.task.OrphansCleanupTask;
+import com.commafeed.backend.task.SchedulingService;
 import com.commafeed.frontend.auth.SecurityCheckProvider;
 import com.commafeed.frontend.auth.SecurityCheckProvider.SecurityCheckUserServiceProvider;
 import com.commafeed.frontend.resource.AdminREST;
@@ -194,13 +197,21 @@ public class CommaFeedApplication extends Application<CommaFeedConfiguration> {
 		environment.servlets().addServlet("next", nextUnreadServlet).addMapping("/next");
 		environment.servlets().addServlet("logout", logoutServlet).addMapping("/logout");
 
+		// Tasks
+		SchedulingService schedulingService = new SchedulingService();
+		schedulingService.register(new OldStatusesCleanupTask(sessionFactory, config, cleaningService));
+		schedulingService.register(new OrphansCleanupTask(sessionFactory, cleaningService));
+
 		// Managed objects
 		environment.lifecycle().manage(startupService);
 		environment.lifecycle().manage(taskGiver);
 		environment.lifecycle().manage(feedWorker);
 		environment.lifecycle().manage(feedUpdater);
+		environment.lifecycle().manage(schedulingService);
 
 		// TODO translations
+		// TODO swagger ui
+
 	}
 
 	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/task/OldStatusesCleanupTask.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/task/OldStatusesCleanupTask.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..498e7dd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/task/OldStatusesCleanupTask.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package com.commafeed.backend.task;
+
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
+
+import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
+
+import com.commafeed.CommaFeedConfiguration;
+import com.commafeed.backend.dao.UnitOfWork;
+import com.commafeed.backend.service.DatabaseCleaningService;
+import com.commafeed.backend.task.SchedulingService.ScheduledTask;
+
+@RequiredArgsConstructor
+public class OldStatusesCleanupTask implements ScheduledTask {
+
+	private final SessionFactory sessionFactory;
+	private final CommaFeedConfiguration config;
+	private final DatabaseCleaningService cleaner;
+
+	@Override
+	public void run() {
+		new UnitOfWork<Void>(sessionFactory) {
+			@Override
+			protected Void runInSession() throws Exception {
+				Date threshold = config.getApplicationSettings().getUnreadThreshold();
+				if (threshold != null) {
+					cleaner.cleanStatusesOlderThan(threshold);
+				}
+				return null;
+			}
+		}.run();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public long getInitialDelay() {
+		return 5;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public long getPeriod() {
+		return 60;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public TimeUnit getTimeUnit() {
+		return TimeUnit.MINUTES;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/task/OrphansCleanupTask.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/task/OrphansCleanupTask.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..74835027
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/task/OrphansCleanupTask.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package com.commafeed.backend.task;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
+
+import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
+
+import com.commafeed.backend.dao.UnitOfWork;
+import com.commafeed.backend.service.DatabaseCleaningService;
+import com.commafeed.backend.task.SchedulingService.ScheduledTask;
+
+@RequiredArgsConstructor
+public class OrphansCleanupTask implements ScheduledTask {
+
+	private final SessionFactory sessionFactory;
+	private final DatabaseCleaningService cleaner;
+
+	@Override
+	public void run() {
+		new UnitOfWork<Void>(sessionFactory) {
+			@Override
+			protected Void runInSession() throws Exception {
+				cleaner.cleanEntriesWithoutSubscriptions();
+				cleaner.cleanFeedsWithoutSubscriptions();
+				cleaner.cleanContentsWithoutEntries();
+				return null;
+			}
+		}.run();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public long getInitialDelay() {
+		return 30;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public long getPeriod() {
+		return 60;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public TimeUnit getTimeUnit() {
+		return TimeUnit.MINUTES;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/task/SchedulingService.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/task/SchedulingService.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ea6b341c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/task/SchedulingService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package com.commafeed.backend.task;
+
+import io.dropwizard.lifecycle.Managed;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+
+@Slf4j
+public class SchedulingService implements Managed {
+
+	public static interface ScheduledTask {
+		void run();
+
+		long getInitialDelay();
+
+		long getPeriod();
+
+		TimeUnit getTimeUnit();
+	}
+
+	private List<ScheduledTask> tasks = Lists.newArrayList();
+	private ScheduledExecutorService executor;
+
+	@Override
+	public void start() throws Exception {
+		executor = Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(tasks.size());
+		for (final ScheduledTask task : tasks) {
+			Runnable runnable = new Runnable() {
+				@Override
+				public void run() {
+					try {
+						task.run();
+					} catch (Exception e) {
+						log.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+					}
+				}
+			};
+			executor.scheduleWithFixedDelay(runnable, task.getInitialDelay(), task.getPeriod(), task.getTimeUnit());
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void stop() throws Exception {
+		executor.shutdown();
+	}
+
+	public void register(ScheduledTask task) {
+		tasks.add(task);
+	}
+}