diff --git a/src/main/java/name/nathanmcrae/numbersstation/LinuxScheduler.java b/src/main/java/name/nathanmcrae/numbersstation/LinuxScheduler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..971e030
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/name/nathanmcrae/numbersstation/LinuxScheduler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+package name.nathanmcrae.numbersstation;
+
+import com.leakyabstractions.result.api.Result;
+import com.leakyabstractions.result.core.Results;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
+import java.io.Writer;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import javafx.util.Pair;
+
+public class LinuxScheduler {
+    private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(Main.class.getName());
+
+    public static Result<Boolean, String> registerSchedule(StationSettings settings) {
+        try {
+            String taskName = "numbers-station-main_" + settings.getName();
+
+            // TODO: assume it's on the PATH
+            Process listProcess = new ProcessBuilder("/usr/bin/crontab", "-l").start();
+            if (!listProcess.waitFor(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)) {
+                String message = "Failed to query " + taskName + " task: process timed out";
+                logger.log(Level.SEVERE, message);
+                return Results.failure(message);
+            }
+
+            Pair<String, String> output = WindowsScheduler.captureProcessOutput(listProcess);
+            if(listProcess.exitValue() != 0) {
+                String message = "Failed to get user id. Exit code: " + listProcess.exitValue() + ". stdout: " + output.getKey() + "\n\tstderr: " + output.getValue();
+                logger.log(Level.SEVERE, message);
+                return Results.failure(message);
+            }
+
+            String currentCrontab = output.getKey();
+
+            String cronEntry = "# " + taskName + "\n" + cronExpression(settings) + "\n\n";
+
+            Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("# " + taskName + "\\n[^\\n]+\\n\\n");
+
+            Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(currentCrontab);
+
+            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+
+            if (matcher.find()) {
+                matcher.appendReplacement(sb, cronEntry);
+
+                boolean foundMultiple = false;
+                while (matcher.find()) {
+                    foundMultiple = true;
+                    matcher.appendReplacement(sb, "");
+                }
+
+                matcher.appendTail(sb);
+            } else {
+                sb.append(currentCrontab);
+                sb.append(cronEntry);
+            }
+
+            String newCrontab = sb.toString();
+
+            // TODO: assume it's on the PATH
+            Process addProcess = new ProcessBuilder("/usr/bin/crontab", "-").start();
+            Writer w = new OutputStreamWriter(addProcess.getOutputStream(), "UTF-8");
+            System.out.println(newCrontab);
+            w.write(newCrontab);
+            w.flush();
+            w.close();
+            if (!addProcess.waitFor(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)) {
+                String message = "Failed to register " + taskName + " task: process timed out";
+                logger.log(Level.SEVERE, message);
+                return Results.failure(message);
+            }
+
+            if(addProcess.exitValue() != 0) {
+                Pair<String, String> addOutput = WindowsScheduler.captureProcessOutput(addProcess);
+                String message = "Failed to get user id. Exit code: " + addProcess.exitValue() + ". stdout: " + addOutput.getKey() + ". stderr: " + addOutput.getValue();
+                logger.log(Level.SEVERE, message);
+                return Results.failure(message);
+            }
+        } catch (CronExpressionException | IOException | InterruptedException e) {
+            String message = "Exception while registering schedule";
+            logger.log(Level.SEVERE, message, e);
+            return Results.failure(message);
+        }
+
+        // Path cronDPath = Paths.get("/etc/cron.d");
+        // if (!Files.exists(cronDPath)) {
+        //     String message =  "/etc/cron.d does not exist, cannot create cron entry. Select 'Manage schedule externally' and set up scheduling as desired.";
+        //     logger.log(Level.SEVERE, message);
+        //     return Results.failure(message);
+        // }
+
+        // Path cronPath = cronDPath.resolve(settings.safeName());
+
+        // try {
+        //     Files.write(cronPath, cronEntry(settings).getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+        // } catch (Exception e) {
+        //     String message = "Failed to write cron file at '" + cronPath.toString() + "'";
+        //     logger.log(Level.SEVERE, message, e);
+        //     return Results.failure(message);
+        // }
+
+        return Results.success(true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     *  * * * * * {command to execute}
+     *  | | | | |
+     *  | | | | day of the week (0–6) (Sunday to Saturday;
+     *  | | | month (1–12)             7 is also Sunday on some systems)
+     *  | | day of the month (1–31)
+     *  | hour (0–23)
+     *  minute (0–59)
+     */
+    public static String cronExpression(StationSettings settings) throws CronExpressionException {
+        String minute = Integer.toString(settings.getScheduleStartTime().getMinute());
+        String hour = Integer.toString(settings.getScheduleStartTime().getHour());
+        String dayOfMonth = Integer.toString(settings.getScheduleStartDate().getDayOfMonth());
+        String dayOfWeek = Integer.toString(settings.getScheduleStartDate().getDayOfMonth());
+
+        String scheduleString = "";
+        switch(settings.getMessagePeriod()) {
+            case DAILY:
+                scheduleString = minute + " " + hour + " * * *";
+                break;
+            case WEEKLY:
+                scheduleString = minute + " " + hour + " * * " + dayOfWeek;
+                break;
+            case MONTHLY:
+                scheduleString = minute + " " + hour + " " + dayOfMonth + " * *";
+                break;
+            default:
+                throw new CronExpressionException("Message period not implemented: '" + settings.getMessagePeriod() + "'");
+        }
+
+        // TODO: figure out actual invocation
+        return scheduleString + " /home/nathanmcrae/personal_root/projects/numbers-station/run.sh --station \"" + settings.getName() + "\"";
+    }
+
+    public static class CronExpressionException extends Exception {
+        public CronExpressionException(String message) {
+            super(message);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/name/nathanmcrae/numbersstation/StationSettingsController.java b/src/main/java/name/nathanmcrae/numbersstation/StationSettingsController.java
index 991411b..a44c3e6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/name/nathanmcrae/numbersstation/StationSettingsController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/name/nathanmcrae/numbersstation/StationSettingsController.java
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ public class StationSettingsController {
         if (osName.contains("win")) {
             WindowsScheduler.registerSchedule(settings);
         } else if (osName.contains("nix") || osName.contains("nux") || osName.contains("aix")) {
-            logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "Unsupported OS " + osName);
+            LinuxScheduler.registerSchedule(settings);
         } else {
             logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "Unsupported OS " + osName);
             // TODO: Alert