diff --git a/authentik/lib/default.yml b/authentik/lib/default.yml
index 751cf55f0b..16381470a0 100644
--- a/authentik/lib/default.yml
+++ b/authentik/lib/default.yml
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ web:
 worker:
   processes: 2
   threads: 1
+  consumer_listen_timeout: 30
 
 storage:
   media:
diff --git a/authentik/root/settings.py b/authentik/root/settings.py
index 9f3b42fc77..3fe9fa3e69 100644
--- a/authentik/root/settings.py
+++ b/authentik/root/settings.py
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ TEST_RUNNER = "authentik.root.test_runner.PytestTestRunner"
 DRAMATIQ = {
     "broker_class": "authentik.tasks.broker.Broker",
     "channel_prefix": "authentik",
-    "task_class": "authentik.tasks.models.Task",
+    "task_model": "authentik.tasks.models.Task",
     "autodiscovery": {
         "enabled": True,
         "setup_module": "authentik.tasks.setup",
@@ -366,8 +366,12 @@ DRAMATIQ = {
     "worker": {
         "processes": CONFIG.get_int("worker.processes", 2),
         "threads": CONFIG.get_int("worker.threads", 1),
+        "consumer_listen_timeout": CONFIG.get_int("worker.consumer_listen_timeout", 30),
     },
+    "scheduler_class": "authentik.tasks.schedules.scheduler.Scheduler",
+    "schedule_model": "authentik.tasks.schedules.models.Schedule",
     "middlewares": (
+        ("django_dramatiq_postgres.middleware.SchedulerMiddleware", {}),
         ("django_dramatiq_postgres.middleware.FullyQualifiedActorName", {}),
         # TODO: fixme
         # ("dramatiq.middleware.prometheus.Prometheus", {}),
diff --git a/authentik/tasks/schedules/scheduler.py b/authentik/tasks/schedules/scheduler.py
index ee135f4789..021a7df69d 100644
--- a/authentik/tasks/schedules/scheduler.py
+++ b/authentik/tasks/schedules/scheduler.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from time import sleep
+from django_dramatiq_postgres.conf import Conf
 import pglock
 from django_dramatiq_postgres.scheduler import Scheduler as SchedulerBase
 from structlog.stdlib import get_logger
@@ -20,5 +22,8 @@ class Scheduler(SchedulerBase):
             with tenant:
                 with self._lock(tenant) as lock_acquired:
                     if not lock_acquired:
+                        self.logger.debug("Could not acquire lock, skipping scheduling")
                         return
-                    self._run()
+                    count = self._run()
+                    self.logger.info(f"Sent {count} scheduled tasks")
+                    sleep(Conf().scheduler_interval)
diff --git a/authentik/tasks/setup.py b/authentik/tasks/setup.py
index 26b4387ff2..919575726e 100644
--- a/authentik/tasks/setup.py
+++ b/authentik/tasks/setup.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-import authentik.lib.setup  # noqa
+from authentik.root.setup import setup
+
+setup()
 
 import django  # noqa: E402
 
diff --git a/packages/django-dramatiq-postgres/django_dramatiq_postgres/broker.py b/packages/django-dramatiq-postgres/django_dramatiq_postgres/broker.py
index de958e83fc..982cb2ce72 100644
--- a/packages/django-dramatiq-postgres/django_dramatiq_postgres/broker.py
+++ b/packages/django-dramatiq-postgres/django_dramatiq_postgres/broker.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class PostgresBroker(Broker):
 
     @cached_property
     def model(self) -> type[TaskBase]:
-        return import_string(Conf().task_class)
+        return import_string(Conf().task_model)
 
     @property
     def query_set(self) -> QuerySet:
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ class _PostgresConsumer(Consumer):
 
         # Override because dramatiq doesn't allow us setting this manually
         # TODO: turn it into a setting
-        self.timeout = 30000 // 1000
+        self.timeout = Conf().worker["consumer_listen_timeout"]
 
     @property
     def connection(self) -> DatabaseWrapper:
diff --git a/packages/django-dramatiq-postgres/django_dramatiq_postgres/conf.py b/packages/django-dramatiq-postgres/django_dramatiq_postgres/conf.py
index 515ce82b86..40d47ae2ee 100644
--- a/packages/django-dramatiq-postgres/django_dramatiq_postgres/conf.py
+++ b/packages/django-dramatiq-postgres/django_dramatiq_postgres/conf.py
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ class Conf:
             _ = settings.DRAMATIQ
         except AttributeError as exc:
             raise ImproperlyConfigured("Setting DRAMATIQ not set.") from exc
-        if "task_class" not in self.conf:
-            raise ImproperlyConfigured("DRAMATIQ.task_class not defined")
+        if "task_model" not in self.conf:
+            raise ImproperlyConfigured("DRAMATIQ.task_model not defined")
 
     @property
     def conf(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ class Conf:
         return self.conf.get("channel_prefix", "dramatiq")
 
     @property
-    def task_class(self) -> str:
-        return self.conf["task_class"]
+    def task_model(self) -> str:
+        return self.conf["task_model"]
 
     @property
     def autodiscovery(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
@@ -81,9 +81,22 @@ class Conf:
             "watch_use_polling": False,
             "processes": None,
             "threads": None,
+            "consumer_listen_timeout": 30,
             **self.conf.get("worker", {}),
         }
 
+    @property
+    def scheduler_class(self) -> str:
+        return self.conf.get("scheduler_class", "django_dramatiq_postgres.scheduler.Scheduler")
+
+    @property
+    def schedule_model(self) -> str | None:
+        return self.conf.get("schedule_model")
+
+    @property
+    def scheduler_interval(self) -> int:
+        return self.conf.get("scheduler_interval", 60)
+
     @property
     def test(self) -> bool:
         return self.conf.get("test", False)
diff --git a/packages/django-dramatiq-postgres/django_dramatiq_postgres/middleware.py b/packages/django-dramatiq-postgres/django_dramatiq_postgres/middleware.py
index 79175934e0..9ce10525e4 100644
--- a/packages/django-dramatiq-postgres/django_dramatiq_postgres/middleware.py
+++ b/packages/django-dramatiq-postgres/django_dramatiq_postgres/middleware.py
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 import contextvars
+from threading import Event
 from typing import Any
 
+from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.db import (
     close_old_connections,
     connections,
 )
+from django.utils.module_loading import import_string
 from dramatiq.actor import Actor
 from dramatiq.broker import Broker
 from dramatiq.logging import get_logger
@@ -13,6 +16,7 @@ from dramatiq.middleware.middleware import Middleware
 
 from django_dramatiq_postgres.conf import Conf
 from django_dramatiq_postgres.models import TaskBase
+from django_dramatiq_postgres.scheduler import Scheduler
 
 
 class DbConnectionMiddleware(Middleware):
@@ -74,5 +78,39 @@ class CurrentTask(Middleware):
             self.logger.warning("Task was None, not saving. This should not happen.")
             return
         else:
-            tasks[-1].save()
+            task = tasks[-1]
+            fields_to_exclude = {
+                "message_id",
+                "queue_name",
+                "actor_name",
+                "message",
+                "state",
+                "mtime",
+                "result",
+                "result_expiry",
+            }
+            fields_to_update = [
+                f.name
+                for f in task._meta.get_fields()
+                if f.name not in fields_to_exclude and not f.auto_created and f.column
+            ]
+            if fields_to_update:
+                tasks[-1].save(update_fields=fields_to_update)
         self._TASKS.set(tasks[:-1])
+
+
+class SchedulerMiddleware(Middleware):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.logger = get_logger(__name__, type(self))
+
+        if not Conf().schedule_model:
+            raise ImproperlyConfigured(
+                "When using the scheduler, DRAMATIQ.schedule_class must be set."
+            )
+
+        self.scheduler_stop_event = Event()
+        self.scheduler: Scheduler = import_string(Conf().scheduler_class)(self.scheduler_stop_event)
+
+    def after_process_boot(self, broker: Broker):
+        self.scheduler.broker = broker
+        self.scheduler.start()
diff --git a/packages/django-dramatiq-postgres/django_dramatiq_postgres/scheduler.py b/packages/django-dramatiq-postgres/django_dramatiq_postgres/scheduler.py
index 56c0db78ad..8c63939aa1 100644
--- a/packages/django-dramatiq-postgres/django_dramatiq_postgres/scheduler.py
+++ b/packages/django-dramatiq-postgres/django_dramatiq_postgres/scheduler.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from threading import Event, Thread
+from time import sleep
 import pglock
 from django.db import router, transaction
 from django.db.models import QuerySet
@@ -11,14 +13,17 @@ from django_dramatiq_postgres.conf import Conf
 from django_dramatiq_postgres.models import ScheduleBase
 
 
-class Scheduler:
-    def __init__(self, broker: Broker):
+class Scheduler(Thread):
+    broker: Broker
+
+    def __init__(self, stop_event: Event, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.stop_event = stop_event
         self.logger = get_logger(__name__, type(self))
-        self.broker = broker
 
     @cached_property
     def model(self) -> type[ScheduleBase]:
-        return import_string(Conf().task_class)
+        return import_string(Conf().schedule_model)
 
     @property
     def query_set(self) -> QuerySet:
@@ -36,15 +41,22 @@ class Scheduler:
             timeout=0,
         )
 
-    def _run(self):
+    def _run(self) -> int:
+        count = 0
         with transaction.atomic(using=router.db_for_write(self.model)):
             for schedule in self.query_set.select_for_update().filter(
                 next_run__lt=now(),
             ):
                 self.process_schedule(schedule)
+                count += 1
+        return count
 
     def run(self):
-        with self._lock() as lock_acquired:
-            if not lock_acquired:
-                return
-            self._run()
+        while not self.stop_event.is_set():
+            with self._lock() as lock_acquired:
+                if not lock_acquired:
+                    self.logger.debug("Could not acquire lock, skipping scheduling")
+                    return
+                count = self._run()
+                self.logger.info(f"Sent {count} scheduled tasks")
+            sleep(Conf().scheduler_interval)
diff --git a/scripts/generate_config.py b/scripts/generate_config.py
index 255622d439..556db23ae5 100755
--- a/scripts/generate_config.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_config.py
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ def generate_local_config():
         "worker": {
             "processes": 1,
             "threads": 1,
+            "consumer_listen_timeout": 10,
         },
     }