diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 55e61de..449c64f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,3 +44,5 @@ By setting `$BASE_DIR` you can persist the database for later runs.
 - CI
 - Docker container (in flake)
 - try fourmolu
+- Test leap second handling in the `time` package
+- use queue to sync logging of indexer and main thread
diff --git a/app/Main.hs b/app/Main.hs
index 251d937..4f2f681 100644
--- a/app/Main.hs
+++ b/app/Main.hs
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@
 module Main (main) where
 
 import Control.Monad.IO.Class (liftIO)
-import Control.Monad.Trans.Except (ExceptT (..), runExceptT)
+import Control.Monad.Trans.Except (ExceptT (..), catchE, runExceptT)
 import Data.Proxy (Proxy (..))
 import Data.Text (Text)
-import Data.Time (Day, toGregorian)
+import Data.Time (Day, addDays, toGregorian)
 import GHC.Generics (Generic)
 import Network.HTTP.Media ((//), (/:))
 import Network.HTTP.Types (Status (..), mkStatus, status200)
@@ -54,10 +54,12 @@ import qualified Text.Blaze.Html5 as H
 import qualified Text.Blaze.Html5.Attributes as A
 
 import Envy (type (=@!), type (=@@), type (?))
-import Yore.DB (DayFile (..))
+import Yore.DB (DB, DayFile (..))
 import Yore.Error (Error (..))
+import Yore.Schedule (schedule)
 import Yore.Time (addYears, getCurrentDay, getSecondsUntilMidnight)
 
+import Control.Concurrent (forkIO)
 import Control.Monad (forM, forM_)
 import Data.Bifunctor (Bifunctor (..))
 import qualified Envy
@@ -93,7 +95,37 @@ main = do
       Right c ->
         pure c
 
-  let
+  db <- DB.initDB cfg.yoreDb
+  _ <-
+    runExceptT $
+      catchE
+        ( DB.withConn db $ \conn -> do
+            dayThen <- getTodayWithYearOffset (-100)
+            indexDay cfg dayThen conn
+        )
+        (Log.error . show)
+
+  _ <- forkIO $ runIndexer cfg db
+  runServer cfg db
+
+runIndexer :: Config -> DB -> IO ()
+runIndexer cfg db = schedule (const True) $ do
+  _ <-
+    runExceptT $
+      catchE
+        ( DB.withTransaction db $ \conn -> do
+            dayThen <- getTodayWithYearOffset (-100)
+            indexDay cfg dayThen conn
+            dayThen2 <- addDays 1 <$> getTodayWithYearOffset (-100)
+            indexDay cfg dayThen2 conn
+        )
+        (Log.error . show)
+  pure ()
+
+runServer :: Config -> DB -> IO ()
+runServer cfg db =
+  Warp.runSettings settings $ serve (Proxy @API) $ hoistServer (Proxy @API) nt $ server cfg db
+  where
     settings =
       foldr
         ($)
@@ -104,13 +136,6 @@ main = do
         , Warp.setOnException onException
         ]
 
-  db <- DB.initDB cfg.yoreDb
-  DB.withConn db (runExceptT . indexDayWithOffset cfg (-100)) >>= \case
-    Left err -> Log.error $ show err
-    Right _ -> pure ()
-
-  Warp.runSettings settings $ serve (Proxy @API) $ hoistServer (Proxy @API) nt $ server cfg db
-  where
     logger req status _ = do
       Log.info $
         printf
@@ -166,20 +191,20 @@ handlerToRaw handler = Tagged $ \_ respond -> do
     Right response ->
       respond response
 
-server :: Config -> DB.DB -> ServerT API (ExceptT Error IO)
+server :: Config -> DB -> ServerT API (ExceptT Error IO)
 server cfg db = rootR :<|> todayR :<|> apiTodayR
   where
     rootR = todayR 0
 
     todayR issue = do
       dateThen <- ExceptT get100YearsAgo
-      count <- ExceptT $ DB.withConn' db $ DB.getNumberOfIssues dateThen
-      dayFile <- ExceptT $ DB.withConn' db $ DB.getDayFileByIssue dateThen issue
+      count <- DB.withConn db $ DB.lift . DB.getNumberOfIssues dateThen
+      dayFile <- DB.withConn db $ DB.lift . DB.getDayFileByIssue dateThen issue
       pure $ RootModel dateThen dayFile issue count
 
     apiTodayR issue = handlerToRaw $ do
       dateThen <- ExceptT get100YearsAgo
-      dayFile <- ExceptT $ DB.withConn' db $ DB.getDayFileByIssue dateThen issue
+      dayFile <- DB.withConn db $ DB.lift . DB.getDayFileByIssue dateThen issue
       let fullPath = cfg.yoreDownloadDir </> dayFile.relative_path
       secondsUntilMidnight <- liftIO getSecondsUntilMidnight
       pure $
@@ -231,36 +256,30 @@ instance Accept HTML where
   contentType _ = "text" // "html" /: ("charset", "utf-8")
 
 get100YearsAgo :: IO (Either Error Day)
-get100YearsAgo = getTodayWithYearOffset (-100)
+get100YearsAgo = runExceptT $ getTodayWithYearOffset (-100)
 
-getTodayWithYearOffset :: Integer -> IO (Either Error Day)
+getTodayWithYearOffset :: Integer -> ExceptT Error IO Day
 getTodayWithYearOffset offset =
-  first (GenericError . (Text.pack (printf "can't go back %s years: " (-offset)) <>)) . addYears offset <$> getCurrentDay
+  ExceptT $
+    first (GenericError . (Text.pack (printf "can't go back %s years: " (-offset)) <>)) . addYears offset <$> getCurrentDay
 
-indexDayWithOffset :: Config -> Integer -> Opium.Connection -> ExceptT Error IO ()
-indexDayWithOffset cfg offset conn = do
-  dayThen <- ExceptT $ getTodayWithYearOffset offset
-  runDb $ Opium.execute_ "BEGIN" conn
+indexDay :: Config -> Day -> Opium.Connection -> ExceptT Error IO ()
+indexDay cfg dayThen conn = do
   -- Transaction-level lock released automatically after transaction
-  runDb $ Opium.execute_ "SELECT pg_advisory_xact_lock(42);" conn
-  mbDi <- runDb $ DB.readDayIndex dayThen conn
+  DB.lift $ Opium.execute_ "SELECT pg_advisory_xact_lock(42);" conn
+  mbDi <- DB.lift $ DB.readDayIndex dayThen conn
   case mbDi of
     Just _ ->
-      liftIO $ Log.info $ printf "index for %s already exists." (show dayThen)
+      Log.info $ printf "index for %s already exists." (show dayThen)
     Nothing -> do
-      liftIO $ Log.info $ printf "scraping issues for %s" (show dayThen)
+      Log.info $ printf "scraping issues for %s" (show dayThen)
       issues <- liftIO $ getIssuesByDay dayThen
       paths <- forM issues $ \issue -> do
-        liftIO $ Log.info $ printf "downloading %s" issue.url
+        Log.info $ printf "downloading %s" issue.url
         path <- liftIO $ downloadInto cfg.yoreDownloadDir issue.url
         pure (issue.label, path)
-      liftIO $ Log.info "creating DB entries"
-      dayIndex <- runDb $ DB.createDayIndex dayThen conn
+      Log.info "creating DB entries"
+      dayIndex <- DB.lift $ DB.createDayIndex dayThen conn
       forM_ paths $ \(text, url) ->
-        runDb $ DB.createDayFile dayIndex.day_index_id text url conn
-      runDb $ Opium.execute_ "COMMIT" conn
-      liftIO $ Log.info "done."
-
-runDb :: IO (Either Opium.Error a) -> ExceptT Error IO a
-runDb f =
-  ExceptT $ first DBError <$> f
+        DB.lift $ DB.createDayFile dayIndex.day_index_id text url conn
+      Log.info "done."
diff --git a/scripts/dev b/scripts/dev
deleted file mode 100755
index 39af491..0000000
--- a/scripts/dev
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-YORE_DB="host=localhost port=${DB_PORT} user=${DB_USER} dbname=${DB_DBNAME}" cabal repl exe:yore
diff --git a/scripts/with-db b/scripts/with-db
index a7bdf98..c072630 100755
--- a/scripts/with-db
+++ b/scripts/with-db
@@ -26,4 +26,6 @@ fi
 
 DATABASE_URL="postgres://${DB_USER}@localhost:${DB_PORT}/${DB_DBNAME}?sslmode=disable" dbmate up
 
+export YORE_DB="host=localhost port=${DB_PORT} user=${DB_USER} dbname=${DB_DBNAME}" 
+
 "$@"
diff --git a/src/Yore/DB.hs b/src/Yore/DB.hs
index c4f5d92..a20a9a0 100644
--- a/src/Yore/DB.hs
+++ b/src/Yore/DB.hs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ module Yore.DB
   , Error (..)
   , initDB
   , withConn
-  , withConn'
+  , withTransaction
   , DayIndex (..)
   , DayFile (..)
   , createDayFile
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ module Yore.DB
   , readDayPaths
   , getDayFileByIssue
   , getNumberOfIssues
+  , lift
   ) where
 
 import Control.Concurrent (getNumCapabilities)
+import Control.Monad.Trans.Except (ExceptT (..), catchE, runExceptT, throwE)
 import Data.Functor.Identity (Identity (..))
 import Data.Pool (Pool, defaultPoolConfig, newPool, withResource)
 import Data.Text (Text)
@@ -49,22 +51,33 @@ initDB connString = do
 
 -- TODO: This should probably also do something like bracket...
 -- For now let's assume no exceptions are thrown in f.
-withConn :: DB -> (Opium.Connection -> IO (Either Error a)) -> IO (Either Error a)
+withConn :: DB -> (Opium.Connection -> ExceptT Error IO a) -> ExceptT Error IO a
 withConn (DB connPool) f =
-  withResource connPool $ \case
+  ExceptT $ withResource connPool $ \case
     Left connectionError ->
       pure $ Left $ ConnectionError connectionError
     Right conn ->
-      f conn >>= \case
-        Left err -> do
-          -- rollback open transactions and release transaction level locks.
-          _ <- Opium.execute_ "ROLLBACK" conn
-          pure $ Left err
-        Right x ->
-          pure $ Right x
+      runExceptT $ f conn
 
-withConn' :: DB -> (Opium.Connection -> IO (Either Opium.Error a)) -> IO (Either Error a)
-withConn' db f = withConn db $ fmap (first DBError) . f
+withTransaction :: DB -> (Opium.Connection -> ExceptT Error IO a) -> ExceptT Error IO a
+withTransaction db f =
+  withConn db $ \conn ->
+    ( do
+        lift $ Opium.execute_ "BEGIN" conn
+        x <- f conn
+        lift $ Opium.execute_ "COMMIT" conn
+        pure x
+    )
+      `catchE` ( \err -> do
+                  -- rollback open transactions and release transaction level locks...
+                  lift $ Opium.execute_ "ROLLBACK" conn
+                  -- ...then rethrow the error so the app can handle it too.
+                  throwE err
+               )
+
+lift :: IO (Either Opium.Error a) -> ExceptT Error IO a
+lift f =
+  ExceptT $ first DBError <$> f
 
 data DayIndex = DayIndex
   { day_index_id :: Int
diff --git a/src/Yore/Log.hs b/src/Yore/Log.hs
index 0cd7b57..701abba 100644
--- a/src/Yore/Log.hs
+++ b/src/Yore/Log.hs
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 module Yore.Log (Yore.Log.error, info) where
 
+import Control.Monad.IO.Class (MonadIO (..))
 import Data.Time (ZonedTime, getZonedTime)
 import Data.Time.Format (defaultTimeLocale, formatTime)
 import GHC.Stack (HasCallStack, SrcLoc (..), callStack, getCallStack)
 import Text.Printf (printf)
 
-info :: (HasCallStack) => String -> IO ()
+info :: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m) => String -> m ()
 info = doLog "INF"
 
-error :: (HasCallStack) => String -> IO ()
+error :: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m) => String -> m ()
 error = doLog "ERR"
 
-doLog :: (HasCallStack) => String -> String -> IO ()
-doLog level msg = do
+doLog :: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m) => String -> String -> m ()
+doLog level msg = liftIO $ do
   now <- getZonedTime
   let location = getLocation $ getCallStack callStack
   printf "(%s) (%s) (%s) %s\n" (iso8601Show now) level location msg
diff --git a/src/Yore/Schedule.hs b/src/Yore/Schedule.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db4fe89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Yore/Schedule.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+module Yore.Schedule (schedule) where
+
+import Control.Monad (when)
+import Data.Time (ZonedTime, getZonedTime, secondsToNominalDiffTime, nominalDiffTimeToSeconds)
+import Control.Concurrent (threadDelay, forkIO)
+import Data.Time.Clock.POSIX (getPOSIXTime)
+
+schedule :: (ZonedTime -> Bool) -> IO () -> IO ()
+schedule shouldRunAt f = everyMinute $ \now -> when (shouldRunAt now) f
+
+everyMinute :: (ZonedTime -> IO ()) -> IO ()
+everyMinute f = do
+  -- Use POSIX time to avoid having to handle leap seconds
+  now <- getPOSIXTime
+  let posixSeconds :: Int 
+      posixSeconds = floor $ nominalDiffTimeToSeconds now
+      lastFullMinute = secondsToNominalDiffTime $ fromIntegral $ posixSeconds - posixSeconds `mod` 60
+      secondsSinceLastFullMinute = now - lastFullMinute
+  threadDelay $ ceiling $ (60 - secondsSinceLastFullMinute) * 1_000_000
+  _ <- forkIO $ f =<< getZonedTime
+  everyMinute f
diff --git a/yore.cabal b/yore.cabal
index f8dcbbb..d04a64a 100644
--- a/yore.cabal
+++ b/yore.cabal
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ library
     , Yore.Index
     , Yore.Log
     , Yore.Repl
+    , Yore.Schedule
     , Yore.Scrape
     , Yore.Time
   hs-source-dirs: