diff --git a/reddit/cron.py b/reddit/cron.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f86a213
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reddit/cron.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import time
+import logging
+
+from django_cron import cronScheduler, Job
+from reddit.models import RedditAccount
+
+class UpdateAPIs(Job):
+        """
+        Updates all Reddit API elements in the database
+        """
+
+        # run every 24 hours
+        run_every = 86400
+
+        @property
+        def _logger(self):
+            if not hasattr(self, '__logger'):
+                self.__logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+            return self.__logger
+                
+        def job(self):
+            for acc in RedditAccount.objects.all():
+                acc.api_update()
+                acc.save()
+                time.sleep(2)
+
+cronScheduler.register(UpdateAPIs)
diff --git a/reddit/models.py b/reddit/models.py
index b4f7435..2b89402 100644
--- a/reddit/models.py
+++ b/reddit/models.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class RedditAccount(models.Model):
 
     last_update = models.DateTimeField("Last Update from API", blank=False)
 
-    def save(self):
+    def api_update(self):
         try:
             jsondoc = json.load(urllib.urlopen("http://reddit.com/user/%s/about.json" % self.username))
         except:
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ class RedditAccount(models.Model):
         self.date_created = datetime.fromtimestamp(data['created_utc'])
 
         self.last_update = datetime.now()
-        
-        return models.Model.save(self)    
 
     class Meta:
         app_label = 'reddit'
diff --git a/sso/views.py b/sso/views.py
index cde286f..0b5ae80 100644
--- a/sso/views.py
+++ b/sso/views.py
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ def reddit_add(request):
 
             acc.user = request.user
             acc.username = form.cleaned_data['username']
+            acc.api_update()
 
             acc.save()
             return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('sso.views.profile')) # Redirect after POST