diff --git a/Containerfile b/Containerfile
index 42eb63b..1155cbf 100644
--- a/Containerfile
+++ b/Containerfile
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ RUN mkdir -p /data/vids
 COPY <<-EOT /data/config.toml
     dry_run = false
     out_dir = "/data/vids"
+    daemon = true
 
     [provider]
     [provider.youtube]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c88a68a..11106e1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ Full `config.toml`:
 ```toml
 dry_run = true                          # set to `false` for real run
 out_dir = "./vids"                      # path to archive vids
+daemon = true                           # true to run scheduler, false to run once
 
 [provider]
 [provider.youtube]
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index ccfd3e8..9b271b7 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	Out_dir  string
 	Provider map[string]Provider
 	Dry_run  bool
+	Daemon   bool
 }
 
 func Load(filepath string) (Config, error) {
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 45b1228..7429c26 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ func main() {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
-	s := scheduler.Scheduler{}
-	s.Start(run, cfg)
+	if cfg.Daemon {
+		log.Println("running with scheduler")
+		s := scheduler.Scheduler{}
+		s.Start(run, cfg)
+	} else {
+		log.Println("running standalone")
+		run(cfg)
+	}
 }