diff --git a/site-modules/profile/manifests/swh/deploy/webapp.pp b/site-modules/profile/manifests/swh/deploy/webapp.pp
index 35f0d154..b38645c5 100644
--- a/site-modules/profile/manifests/swh/deploy/webapp.pp
+++ b/site-modules/profile/manifests/swh/deploy/webapp.pp
@@ -1,236 +1,250 @@
 # WebApp deployment
 class profile::swh::deploy::webapp {
   $conf_directory = lookup('swh::deploy::webapp::conf_directory')
   $conf_file = lookup('swh::deploy::webapp::conf_file')
   $user = lookup('swh::deploy::webapp::user')
   $group = lookup('swh::deploy::webapp::group')
 
   $webapp_config = lookup('swh::deploy::webapp::config')
   $conf_log_dir = lookup('swh::deploy::webapp::conf::log_dir')
 
   $webapp_settings_module = lookup('swh::deploy::webapp::django_settings_module')
   $backend_listen_host = lookup('swh::deploy::webapp::backend::listen::host')
   $backend_listen_port = lookup('swh::deploy::webapp::backend::listen::port')
   $backend_listen_address = "${backend_listen_host}:${backend_listen_port}"
   $backend_workers = lookup('swh::deploy::webapp::backend::workers')
   $backend_http_keepalive = lookup('swh::deploy::webapp::backend::http_keepalive')
   $backend_http_timeout = lookup('swh::deploy::webapp::backend::http_timeout')
   $backend_reload_mercy = lookup('swh::deploy::webapp::backend::reload_mercy')
 
   $static_dir = '/usr/share/swh/web/static'
 
   $cert_name = lookup('swh::deploy::webapp::vhost::letsencrypt_cert')
   $vhosts = lookup('letsencrypt::certificates')[$cert_name]['domains']
 
   $full_webapp_config = $webapp_config + {allowed_hosts => $vhosts}
 
   if $swh_hostname['fqdn'] in $vhosts {
     $vhost_name =  $swh_hostname['fqdn']
   } else {
     $vhost_name = $vhosts[0]
   }
   $vhost_aliases = delete($vhosts, $vhost_name)
 
   $vhost_access_log_format = lookup('swh::deploy::webapp::vhost::access_log_format')
   $vhost_port = lookup('apache::http_port')
   $vhost_docroot = "/var/www/${vhost_name}"
   $vhost_basic_auth_file = "${conf_directory}/http_auth"
   $vhost_basic_auth_content = lookup('swh::deploy::webapp::vhost::basic_auth_content', String, 'first', '')
 
   # Note that it's required by the ::profile::swh::deploy::webapp::icinga_checks
   $vhost_ssl_port = lookup('apache::https_port')
 
   $locked_endpoints = lookup('swh::deploy::webapp::locked_endpoints', Array, 'unique')
 
   $endpoint_directories = $locked_endpoints.map |$endpoint| {
     { path           => "^${endpoint}",
       provider       => 'locationmatch',
       auth_type      => 'Basic',
       auth_name      => 'Software Heritage development',
       auth_user_file => $vhost_basic_auth_file,
       auth_require   => 'valid-user',
     }
   }
 
   # Install the necessary deps
   ::profile::swh::deploy::install_web_deps { 'swh-web':
     services      => ['gunicorn-swh-webapp'],
     backport_list => 'swh::deploy::webapp::backported_packages',
     swh_packages  => ['python3-swh.web'],
   }
 
   include ::gunicorn
 
   file {$conf_directory:
     ensure => directory,
     owner  => 'root',
     group  => $group,
     mode   => '0755',
   }
 
   file {$conf_log_dir:
     ensure => directory,
     owner  => 'root',
     group  => $group,
     mode   => '0770',
   }
 
   file {"${conf_log_dir}/swh-web.log":
     ensure => present,
     owner  => $user,
     group  => $group,
     mode   => '0770',
   }
 
   file {$vhost_docroot:
     ensure => directory,
     owner  => 'root',
     group  => $group,
     mode   => '0755',
   }
 
   file {$conf_file:
     ensure  => present,
     owner   => 'root',
     group   => $group,
     mode    => '0640',
     content => inline_template("<%= @full_webapp_config.to_yaml %>\n"),
     notify  => Service['gunicorn-swh-webapp'],
   }
 
   $storage_cfg = $full_webapp_config['storage']
   if $storage_cfg['cls'] == 'cassandra' {
     include ::profile::swh::deploy::storage_cassandra
   }
 
   $sentry_dsn = lookup('swh::deploy::webapp::sentry_dsn', Optional[String], 'first', undef)
   $sentry_environment = lookup('swh::deploy::webapp::sentry_environment', Optional[String], 'first', undef)
   $sentry_swh_package = lookup('swh::deploy::webapp::sentry_swh_package', Optional[String], 'first', undef)
 
   ::gunicorn::instance {'swh-webapp':
     ensure             => enabled,
     user               => $user,
     group              => $group,
     executable         => 'django.core.wsgi:get_wsgi_application()',
     config_base_module => 'swh.web.gunicorn_config',
     settings           => {
       bind             => $backend_listen_address,
       workers          => $backend_workers,
       worker_class     => 'sync',
       timeout          => $backend_http_timeout,
       graceful_timeout => $backend_reload_mercy,
       keepalive        => $backend_http_keepalive,
     },
     environment        => {
       'DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE' => $webapp_settings_module,
       'SWH_SENTRY_DSN'         => $sentry_dsn,
       'SWH_SENTRY_ENVIRONMENT' => $sentry_environment,
       'SWH_MAIN_PACKAGE'       => $sentry_swh_package,
     },
   }
 
   include ::profile::apache::common
   include ::apache::mod::proxy
   include ::apache::mod::headers
 
   ::apache::vhost {"${vhost_name}_non-ssl":
     servername        => $vhost_name,
     serveraliases     => $vhost_aliases,
     port              => $vhost_port,
     docroot           => $vhost_docroot,
     proxy_pass        => [
       { path => '/static',
         url  => '!',
       },
       { path => '/robots.txt',
         url  => '!',
       },
       { path => '/favicon.ico',
         url  => '!',
       },
       { path => '/',
         url  => "http://${backend_listen_address}/",
       },
     ],
     directories       => [
       { path    => $static_dir,
         options => ['-Indexes'],
       },
     ] + $endpoint_directories,
     aliases           => [
       { alias => '/static',
         path  => $static_dir,
       },
       { alias => '/robots.txt',
         path  => "${static_dir}/robots.txt",
       },
     ],
     # work around fix for CVE-2019-0220 introduced in Apache2 2.4.25-3+deb9u7
     custom_fragment   => 'MergeSlashes off',
     require           => [
       File[$vhost_basic_auth_file],
     ],
     access_log_format => $vhost_access_log_format,
   }
 
   if $endpoint_directories {
     file {$vhost_basic_auth_file:
       ensure  => present,
       owner   => 'root',
       group   => 'www-data',
       mode    => '0640',
       content => $vhost_basic_auth_content,
     }
   } else {
     file {$vhost_basic_auth_file:
       ensure  => absent,
     }
   }
 
   include ::profile::swh::deploy::webapp::icinga_checks
 
   profile::prometheus::export_scrape_config {"swh-webapp_${fqdn}":
     job          => 'swh-webapp',
     target       => "${vhost_name}:${vhost_ssl_port}",
     scheme       => 'https',
     metrics_path => '/metrics/prometheus',
     labels       => {
       vhost_name => $vhost_name,
     },
   }
 
   include profile::filebeat
   # To remove when cleanup is done
   file {'/etc/filebeat/inputs.d/webapp-non-ssl-access.yml':
     ensure => absent,
   }
   profile::filebeat::log_input { "${vhost_name}-non-ssl-access":
     paths  => [ "/var/log/apache2/${vhost_name}_non-ssl_access.log" ],
     fields => {
       'apache_log_type' => 'access_log',
       'environment'     => $environment,
       'vhost'           => $vhost_name,
       'application'     => 'webapp',
     },
   }
 
+  # webapp update save code status routine
+
   $filename_refresh_status = 'refresh-savecodenow-statuses'
+
+  # clean up old files
   $filepath_refresh_status = "/usr/local/bin/${filename_refresh_status}"
   file {$filepath_refresh_status:
-      ensure => present,
+      ensure => absent,
       owner  => 'root',
       group  => 'www-data',
       mode   => '0755',
-    content  => template("profile/swh/deploy/webapp/${filename_refresh_status}.sh.erb"),
   }
 
   $activate_once_per_environment_webapp = lookup('swh::deploy::webapp::cron::refresh_statuses')
-  if $activate_once_per_environment_webapp {
-    profile::cron::d {$filename_refresh_status:
-      target  => $filename_refresh_status,
-      command => "chronic sh -c '${filepath_refresh_status}'",
-      minute  => '*',
-      hour    => '*',
-    }
+
+  # Template uses variables
+  #  - $user
+  #  - $group
+  #  - $webapp_settings_module
+  #
+  $update_savecodenow_service_name = "swh-webapp-update-savecodenow-statuses"
+  $update_savecodenow_unit_template = "profile/swh/deploy/webapp/${update_savecodenow_service_name}.service.erb"
+  $update_savecodenow_timer_name = "${update_savecodenow_service_name}.timer"
+  $update_savecodenow_timer_template = "profile/swh/deploy/webapp/${update_savecodenow_timer_name}.erb"
+
+  ::systemd::timer { $update_savecodenow_timer_name:
+    timer_content    => template($update_savecodenow_timer_template),
+    service_content  => template($update_savecodenow_unit_template),
+    active           => $activate_once_per_environment_webapp,
+    enable           => $activate_once_per_environment_webapp,
+    require          => Package[$packages],
   }
+
 }
diff --git a/site-modules/profile/templates/swh/deploy/webapp/refresh-savecodenow-statuses.sh.erb b/site-modules/profile/templates/swh/deploy/webapp/refresh-savecodenow-statuses.sh.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index 354191fb..00000000
--- a/site-modules/profile/templates/swh/deploy/webapp/refresh-savecodenow-statuses.sh.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=<%= @webapp_settings_module %>
-
-/usr/bin/django-admin refresh_savecodenow_statuses
diff --git a/site-modules/profile/templates/swh/deploy/webapp/swh-webapp-update-savecodenow-statuses.service.erb b/site-modules/profile/templates/swh/deploy/webapp/swh-webapp-update-savecodenow-statuses.service.erb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..66748dee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site-modules/profile/templates/swh/deploy/webapp/swh-webapp-update-savecodenow-statuses.service.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Webapp Update SaveCodeNow status unit file
+# Managed by puppet class profile::swh::deploy::webapp
+# Changes will be overwritten
+
+[Unit]
+Description=Software Heritage Webapp Update SaveCodeNow Statuses
+Requires=network.target
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+User=<%= @user %>
+Group=<%= @group %>
+Environment=DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=<%= @webapp_settings_module %>
+Type=simple
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/django-admin refresh_savecodenow_statuses
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/site-modules/profile/templates/swh/deploy/webapp/swh-webapp-update-savecodenow-statuses.timer.erb b/site-modules/profile/templates/swh/deploy/webapp/swh-webapp-update-savecodenow-statuses.timer.erb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8154728b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site-modules/profile/templates/swh/deploy/webapp/swh-webapp-update-savecodenow-statuses.timer.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[Install]
+WantedBy=timers.target
+
+[Timer]
+OnCalendar=*:0/1
+Unit=swh-webapp-update-savecodenow-statuses.service
+
+[Unit]
+Description=Recurring webapp update savecodenow statuses