diff --git a/src/discordbot/discordbot.py b/src/discordbot/discordbot.py
index 1051053..e4f8d0c 100644
--- a/src/discordbot/discordbot.py
+++ b/src/discordbot/discordbot.py
@@ -1,15 +1,22 @@
+import asyncio
 import os
 import discord
 import requests
+from datetime import datetime
+from apscheduler.schedulers.asyncio import AsyncIOScheduler
 
 # Read env variables
 bot_token = os.environ.get('DISCORDBOT_TOKEN', 'token')
 scheduler_hostname = os.environ.get('SCHEDULER_API_HOSTNAME', 'tv.example.com')
 
+# Scheduler
+scheduler = AsyncIOScheduler()
+
 # Intents
 intents = discord.Intents.default()
 intents.message_content = True
 
+# Client
 client = discord.Client(intents=intents)
 
 # Define an event when the bot is ready
@@ -43,4 +50,19 @@ async def on_message(message):
     if message.content.startswith('!epg'):
         await epg(message)
 
-client.run(bot_token)
\ No newline at end of file
+client.run(bot_token)
+
+def tick():
+    print('Tick! The time is: %s' % datetime.now())
+
+scheduler.add_job(tick, 'interval', seconds=3)
+scheduler.start()
+
+print('Press Ctrl+{0} to exit'.format('Break' if os.name == 'nt' else 'C'))
+
+# Execution will block here until Ctrl+C (Ctrl+Break on Windows) is pressed.
+try:
+    asyncio.get_event_loop().run_forever()
+except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
+    pass
+