diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 26cf968..4094e29 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -4,9 +4,14 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/mdg-iitr/Codephile/conf"
 	"github.com/astaxie/beego"
 	_ "github.com/mdg-iitr/Codephile/routers"
+	"github.com/mdg-iitr/Codephile/services/scheduler"
 )
 
 func main() {
+	
+	//goroutine for the scheduler
+	go scheduler.StartScheduling()
+
 	if beego.BConfig.RunMode == "dev" {
 		beego.BConfig.WebConfig.DirectoryIndex = true
 		beego.BConfig.WebConfig.StaticDir["/docs"] = "swagger"
diff --git a/models/user.go b/models/user.go
index 99154f2..8ed8aa6 100644
--- a/models/user.go
+++ b/models/user.go
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ func AddUser(u User) (string, error) {
 		log.Println(err)
 		return "", errors.New("Could not create user: Username already exists")
 	}
+	err = RefreshSubmissions()
+	//handle error
+
 	return u.ID.Hex(), nil
 }
 
@@ -471,3 +474,26 @@ func CompareUser(uid1 bson.ObjectId, uid2 string) (Follow.AllWorldRanks, error)
 		return worldRanksComparison, errors.New("UID Invalid")
 	}
 }
+
+func RefreshSubmissions() error {
+	users := GetAllUsers()
+	websites := [4]string{"codechef","codeforces","spoj","hackerrank"}
+	var ErrorSubmissions error
+
+	//establishing a goroutine for this "for" loop
+	for _ , user := range users {
+		// executing every iteration in a separate goroutine (to be implemented later)
+		// go func(user User) {
+			for _ , website := range websites {
+				err := AddSubmissions(&user, website)
+				if err != nil {
+					//Submissions for this particular user is not updated
+					ErrorSubmissions = errors.New("Submission fetching altered")
+				} else {
+					continue
+				}
+			}
+		// }(user)
+	}
+	return ErrorSubmissions
+}
diff --git a/services/scheduler/scheduler.go b/services/scheduler/scheduler.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e255afc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/scheduler/scheduler.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package scheduler
+
+import (
+	"github.com/jasonlvhit/gocron"
+	"github.com/mdg-iitr/Codephile/models"
+	// "github.com/mdg-iitr/Codephile/models"
+
+)
+
+func task() {
+	 //Updates profiles and submissions
+	 _ = models.RefreshSubmissions()
+	 //handle error
+}
+
+func taskWithParams(a int, b string) {
+     //
+}
+
+func StartScheduling() {
+	// task()
+	// gocron.Every(10).Seconds().Do(task)
+	gocron.Every(1).Day().Do(task)   //task to be done everyday
+	<- gocron.Start()
+}
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