diff --git a/packages/main/src/backend/commonTypes.ts b/packages/main/src/backend/commonTypes.ts
index 920a5472..78def43e 100644
--- a/packages/main/src/backend/commonTypes.ts
+++ b/packages/main/src/backend/commonTypes.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export interface Config {
     chromiumPath?: string;
     maxConcurrency?: number;
     timeout: number;
+    periodicScrapingIntervalHours?: number;
   };
   useReactUI?: boolean;
 }
diff --git a/packages/main/src/backend/eventEmitters/EventEmitter.ts b/packages/main/src/backend/eventEmitters/EventEmitter.ts
index 04152c19..4e6b1fdf 100644
--- a/packages/main/src/backend/eventEmitters/EventEmitter.ts
+++ b/packages/main/src/backend/eventEmitters/EventEmitter.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // eslint-disable-next-line max-classes-per-file
-import { type EnrichedTransaction, type OutputVendorName } from '@/backend/commonTypes';
 import Emittery from 'emittery';
 import { type CompanyTypes } from 'israeli-bank-scrapers-core';
+import type { EnrichedTransaction, OutputVendorName } from '../commonTypes';
 
 export enum EventNames {
   IMPORT_PROCESS_START = 'IMPORT_PROCESS_START',
@@ -115,6 +115,15 @@ export class ExporterEndEvent extends ExporterEvent {
   }
 }
 
+export class ImportStartEvent extends BudgetTrackingEvent {
+  nextAutomaticScrapeDate?: Date | null;
+
+  constructor(message: string, nextAutomaticScrapeDate?: Date | null) {
+    super({ message });
+    this.nextAutomaticScrapeDate = nextAutomaticScrapeDate;
+  }
+}
+
 export class DownalodChromeEvent extends BudgetTrackingEvent {
   percent: number;
 
@@ -125,7 +134,7 @@ export class DownalodChromeEvent extends BudgetTrackingEvent {
 }
 
 export interface EventDataMap {
-  [EventNames.IMPORT_PROCESS_START]: BudgetTrackingEvent;
+  [EventNames.IMPORT_PROCESS_START]: ImportStartEvent;
   [EventNames.DOWNLOAD_CHROME]: DownalodChromeEvent;
   [EventNames.IMPORTER_START]: ImporterEvent;
   [EventNames.IMPORTER_PROGRESS]: ImporterEvent;
diff --git a/packages/main/src/backend/index.ts b/packages/main/src/backend/index.ts
index 282bb887..c39aec4e 100644
--- a/packages/main/src/backend/index.ts
+++ b/packages/main/src/backend/index.ts
@@ -4,23 +4,53 @@ import { scrapeFinancialAccountsAndFetchTransactions } from '@/backend/import/im
 import moment from 'moment';
 import * as configManager from './configManager/configManager';
 import * as Events from './eventEmitters/EventEmitter';
+import { EventNames } from './eventEmitters/EventEmitter';
 import outputVendors from './export/outputVendors';
-import * as bankScraper from './import/bankScraper';
 import logger from '../logging/logger';
 
 export { CompanyTypes } from 'israeli-bank-scrapers-core';
 export { Events, configManager, outputVendors };
 
-export const { inputVendors } = bankScraper;
+let intervalId: NodeJS.Timeout | null = null;
+
+export async function setPeriodicScrapingIfNeeded(config: Config, optionalEventPublisher?: Events.EventPublisher) {
+  const hoursInterval = config.scraping.periodicScrapingIntervalHours;
+  optionalEventPublisher = optionalEventPublisher ?? new Events.BudgetTrackingEventEmitter();
+
+  stopPeriodicScraping();
+
+  if (hoursInterval) {
+    await optionalEventPublisher.emit(EventNames.LOG, {
+      message: `Setting up periodic scraping every ${hoursInterval} hours`,
+    });
+    intervalId = setInterval(
+      async () => {
+        await scrapeAndUpdateOutputVendors(config, optionalEventPublisher);
+      },
+      hoursInterval * 1000 * 60 * 60,
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+export function stopPeriodicScraping() {
+  if (intervalId) {
+    clearInterval(intervalId);
+  }
+}
 
 export async function scrapeAndUpdateOutputVendors(config: Config, optionalEventPublisher?: Events.EventPublisher) {
   const eventPublisher = optionalEventPublisher ?? new Events.BudgetTrackingEventEmitter();
 
   const startDate = moment().subtract(config.scraping.numDaysBack, 'days').startOf('day').toDate();
 
-  await eventPublisher.emit(Events.EventNames.IMPORT_PROCESS_START, {
-    message: `Starting to scrape from ${startDate} to today`,
-  });
+  const nextAutomaticScrapeDate: Date | null = config.scraping.periodicScrapingIntervalHours
+    ? moment().add(config.scraping.periodicScrapingIntervalHours, 'hours').toDate()
+    : null;
+
+  await eventPublisher.emit(
+    EventNames.IMPORT_PROCESS_START,
+    new Events.ImportStartEvent(`Starting to scrape from ${startDate} to today`, nextAutomaticScrapeDate),
+  );
 
   const companyIdToTransactions = await scrapeFinancialAccountsAndFetchTransactions(
     config.scraping,
@@ -28,18 +58,16 @@ export async function scrapeAndUpdateOutputVendors(config: Config, optionalEvent
     eventPublisher,
   );
   try {
-    const executionResult = await createTransactionsInExternalVendors(
+    return await createTransactionsInExternalVendors(
       config.outputVendors,
       companyIdToTransactions,
       startDate,
       eventPublisher,
     );
-
-    return executionResult;
   } catch (e) {
     logger.error('Failed to create transactions in external vendors', e);
     await eventPublisher.emit(
-      Events.EventNames.GENERAL_ERROR,
+      EventNames.GENERAL_ERROR,
       new Events.BudgetTrackingEvent({
         message: (e as Error).message,
         error: e as Error,
diff --git a/packages/main/src/handlers/index.ts b/packages/main/src/handlers/index.ts
index b57b3eb5..81364cf8 100644
--- a/packages/main/src/handlers/index.ts
+++ b/packages/main/src/handlers/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { App } from '@/app-globals';
-import { scrapeAndUpdateOutputVendors } from '@/backend';
+import { scrapeAndUpdateOutputVendors, setPeriodicScrapingIfNeeded, stopPeriodicScraping } from '@/backend';
 import { type Credentials } from '@/backend/commonTypes';
 import { getConfig } from '@/backend/configManager/configManager';
 import { BudgetTrackingEventEmitter } from '@/backend/eventEmitters/EventEmitter';
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ const functions: Record<string, Listener> = {
   updateConfig: updateConfigHandler as Listener<void>,
   getYnabAccountData,
   getLogsInfo: getLogsInfoHandler,
+  stopPeriodicScraping,
   getAppInfo: async () => {
     return {
       sourceCommitShort: import.meta.env.VITE_SOURCE_COMMIT_SHORT,
@@ -67,10 +68,11 @@ export const registerHandlers = () => {
   ipcMain.on('scrape', async (event: IpcMainEvent) => {
     const config = await getConfig();
     const eventSubscriber = new BudgetTrackingEventEmitter();
-    scrapeAndUpdateOutputVendors(config, eventSubscriber);
     eventSubscriber.onAny((eventName, eventData) => {
       event.reply('scrapingProgress', JSON.stringify({ eventName, eventData }));
     });
+    await setPeriodicScrapingIfNeeded(config, eventSubscriber);
+    await scrapeAndUpdateOutputVendors(config, eventSubscriber);
   });
 
   ipcMain.removeAllListeners('getYnabAccountData');
diff --git a/packages/preload/src/eventsBridge.ts b/packages/preload/src/eventsBridge.ts
index d11af647..9f75e714 100644
--- a/packages/preload/src/eventsBridge.ts
+++ b/packages/preload/src/eventsBridge.ts
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ export async function scrape(handleScrapingEvent: HandleScrapingEvent) {
   }
 }
 
-export async function toggleUIVersion() {
-  await electron.ipcRenderer.send('toggleUiVersion');
+export async function stopPeriodicScraping() {
+  return electron.ipcRenderer.invoke('stopPeriodicScraping');
 }
 
 export async function openExternal(url: string) {
diff --git a/packages/renderer/src/components/Body.tsx b/packages/renderer/src/components/Body.tsx
index dd9e8e49..7bd92454 100644
--- a/packages/renderer/src/components/Body.tsx
+++ b/packages/renderer/src/components/Body.tsx
@@ -68,6 +68,13 @@ const Body = () => {
     closeModal();
   };
 
+  const shouldShowNextRunTime = !!(
+    configStore.nextAutomaticScrapeDate && Number(configStore.config.scraping.periodicScrapingIntervalHours)
+  );
+  const nextRunTimeString = configStore.nextAutomaticScrapeDate
+    ? new Date(configStore.nextAutomaticScrapeDate).toLocaleTimeString()
+    : null;
+
   return (
     <Container className={styles.root}>
       <Container className={styles.container}>
@@ -124,6 +131,7 @@ const Body = () => {
         <Button variant="dark" size="lg" onClick={cleanAndScrape} disabled={configStore.isScraping}>
           הפעל
         </Button>
+        {shouldShowNextRunTime && <h6>ריצה הבאה: {nextRunTimeString}</h6>}
         <Image
           src={settingsIcon}
           onClick={() => showModal({} as Account, ModalStatus.GENERAL_SETTINGS)}
diff --git a/packages/renderer/src/components/GeneralSettings.tsx b/packages/renderer/src/components/GeneralSettings.tsx
index 5764d715..e6ea9856 100644
--- a/packages/renderer/src/components/GeneralSettings.tsx
+++ b/packages/renderer/src/components/GeneralSettings.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ function GeneralSettings() {
     }
   };
 
+  const handlePeriodicScrapingIntervalHoursChanged = (interval: string) => {
+    configStore.setPeriodicScrapingIntervalHours(Number(interval));
+  };
+
   return (
     <div className={styles.container}>
       <Card className={styles.card}>
@@ -61,6 +65,14 @@ function GeneralSettings() {
                 onBlur={(event) => handleTimeoutChanged(event.target.value)}
               />
             </Form.Group>
+            <Form.Group>
+              <Form.Label>לרוץ אוטומטית כל X שעות</Form.Label>
+              <Form.Control
+                className={styles.input}
+                defaultValue={configStore.config?.scraping.periodicScrapingIntervalHours}
+                onBlur={(event) => handlePeriodicScrapingIntervalHoursChanged(event.target.value)}
+              />
+            </Form.Group>
           </Form>
         </Card.Body>
       </Card>
diff --git a/packages/renderer/src/store/ConfigStore.tsx b/packages/renderer/src/store/ConfigStore.tsx
index 49e5dcb0..da1ab1da 100644
--- a/packages/renderer/src/store/ConfigStore.tsx
+++ b/packages/renderer/src/store/ConfigStore.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   type Log,
   type OutputVendorName,
 } from '../types';
+import { type ImportStartEvent } from '../../../main/src/backend/eventEmitters/EventEmitter';
 
 interface AccountScrapingData {
   logs: Log[];
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ export class ConfigStore {
   config: Config;
 
   chromeDownloadPercent = 0;
+  nextAutomaticScrapeDate?: Date | null;
 
   // TODO: move this to a separate store
   accountScrapingData: Map<CompanyTypes | OutputVendorName, AccountScrapingData>;
@@ -130,6 +132,7 @@ export class ConfigStore {
   clearScrapingStatus() {
     this.accountScrapingData = new Map();
     this.updateChromeDownloadPercent(0);
+    this.nextAutomaticScrapeDate = null;
   }
 
   updateChromeDownloadPercent(percent: number) {
@@ -152,10 +155,13 @@ export class ConfigStore {
   }
 
   handleScrapingEvent(eventName: string, budgetTrackingEvent?: BudgetTrackingEvent) {
-    if (eventName === 'DOWNLOAD_CHROME') {
-      this.updateChromeDownloadPercent((budgetTrackingEvent as DownloadChromeEvent)?.percent);
-    }
     if (budgetTrackingEvent) {
+      if (eventName === 'DOWNLOAD_CHROME') {
+        this.updateChromeDownloadPercent((budgetTrackingEvent as DownloadChromeEvent)?.percent);
+      }
+      if (eventName === 'IMPORT_PROCESS_START') {
+        this.nextAutomaticScrapeDate = (budgetTrackingEvent as ImportStartEvent).nextAutomaticScrapeDate;
+      }
       const accountId = budgetTrackingEvent.vendorId;
       if (accountId) {
         if (!this.accountScrapingData.has(accountId)) {
@@ -224,6 +230,13 @@ export class ConfigStore {
   async setChromiumPath(chromiumPath?: string) {
     this.config.scraping.chromiumPath = chromiumPath;
   }
+
+  setPeriodicScrapingIntervalHours(interval?: number) {
+    this.config.scraping.periodicScrapingIntervalHours = interval;
+    if (!interval || interval <= 0) {
+      this.nextAutomaticScrapeDate = null;
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 export const configStore = new ConfigStore();
diff --git a/packages/renderer/src/types.tsx b/packages/renderer/src/types.tsx
index 43b3da7c..f24fb543 100644
--- a/packages/renderer/src/types.tsx
+++ b/packages/renderer/src/types.tsx
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export interface Config {
     accountsToScrape: AccountToScrapeConfig[];
     chromiumPath?: string;
     maxConcurrency?: number;
+    periodicScrapingIntervalHours?: number;
   };
 }