diff --git a/backend/crawlconfigs.py b/backend/crawlconfigs.py
index cb18c126..67d83c03 100644
--- a/backend/crawlconfigs.py
+++ b/backend/crawlconfigs.py
@@ -95,12 +95,13 @@ class CrawlConfig(BaseMongoModel):
 
     crawlTimeout: Optional[int] = 0
 
+    crawlCount: Optional[int] = 0
+
 
 # ============================================================================
-class TriggerCrawl(BaseModel):
-    """ Crawl trigger from internal scheduler """
+class UpdateSchedule(BaseModel):
+    """ Update the crawl schedule """
 
-    id: str
     schedule: str
 
 
@@ -138,20 +139,21 @@ class CrawlOps:
         )
         return result
 
-    async def update_crawl_config(
-        self, cid: str, config: CrawlConfigIn, archive: Archive, user: User
-    ):
-        """ Update existing crawl config"""
-        data = config.dict()
-        data["archive"] = archive.id
-        data["user"] = str(user.id)
-        data["_id"] = cid
+    async def update_crawl_schedule(self, cid: str, update: UpdateSchedule):
+        """ Update schedule for existing crawl config"""
+        if not await self.crawl_configs.find_one_and_update(
+            {"_id": cid}, {"$set": {"schedule": update.schedule}}
+        ):
+            return None
 
-        await self.crawl_configs.find_one_and_replace({"_id": cid}, data)
+        await self.crawl_manager.update_crawl_schedule(cid, update.schedule)
+        return True
 
-        crawlconfig = CrawlConfig.from_dict(data)
-
-        await self.crawl_manager.update_crawl_config(crawlconfig)
+    async def inc_crawls(self, cid: str):
+        """ Increment Crawl Counter """
+        await self.crawl_configs.find_one_and_update(
+            {"_id": cid}, {"$inc": {"crawlCount": 1}}
+        )
 
     async def get_crawl_configs(self, archive: Archive):
         """Get all crawl configs for an archive is a member of"""
@@ -179,7 +181,7 @@ class CrawlOps:
 
 # ============================================================================
 # pylint: disable=redefined-builtin,invalid-name,too-many-locals
-def init_crawl_config_api(app, mdb, user_dep, archive_ops, crawl_manager):
+def init_crawl_config_api(mdb, user_dep, archive_ops, crawl_manager):
     """Init /crawlconfigs api routes"""
     ops = CrawlOps(mdb, archive_ops, crawl_manager)
 
@@ -214,16 +216,18 @@ def init_crawl_config_api(app, mdb, user_dep, archive_ops, crawl_manager):
         res = await ops.add_crawl_config(config, archive, user)
         return {"added": str(res.inserted_id)}
 
-    @router.patch("/{cid}")
-    async def update_crawl_config(
-        config: CrawlConfigIn,
+    @router.patch("/{cid}/schedule", dependencies=[Depends(archive_crawl_dep)])
+    async def update_crawl_schedule(
+        update: UpdateSchedule,
         cid: str,
-        archive: Archive = Depends(archive_crawl_dep),
-        user: User = Depends(user_dep),
     ):
 
         try:
-            await ops.update_crawl_config(cid, config, archive, user)
+            if not await ops.update_crawl_schedule(cid, update):
+                raise HTTPException(
+                    status_code=404, detail=f"Crawl Config '{cid}' not found"
+                )
+
         except Exception as e:
             # pylint: disable=raise-missing-from
             raise HTTPException(
@@ -250,13 +254,6 @@ def init_crawl_config_api(app, mdb, user_dep, archive_ops, crawl_manager):
 
         return {"started": crawl_id}
 
-    @app.post("/crawls/trigger", tags=["crawlconfigs"])
-    async def trigger_crawl(trigger: TriggerCrawl):
-        await crawl_manager.run_crawl_config(
-            trigger.id, manual=False, schedule=trigger.schedule
-        )
-        return {}
-
     @router.delete("")
     async def delete_crawl_configs(archive: Archive = Depends(archive_crawl_dep)):
         result = await ops.delete_crawl_configs(archive)
diff --git a/backend/crawls.py b/backend/crawls.py
index 768aabe4..1290e656 100644
--- a/backend/crawls.py
+++ b/backend/crawls.py
@@ -60,9 +60,10 @@ class CrawlCompleteIn(BaseModel):
 class CrawlOps:
     """ Crawl Ops """
 
-    def __init__(self, mdb, crawl_manager, archives):
+    def __init__(self, mdb, crawl_manager, crawl_configs, archives):
         self.crawls = mdb["crawls"]
         self.crawl_manager = crawl_manager
+        self.crawl_configs = crawl_configs
         self.archives = archives
 
         self.crawl_manager.set_crawl_ops(self)
@@ -96,6 +97,8 @@ class CrawlOps:
 
         await self.archives.inc_usage(crawl.aid, dura)
 
+        await self.crawl_configs.inc_crawls(crawl.cid)
+
     async def list_crawls(self, aid: str, cid: str = None):
         """Get all crawl configs for an archive is a member of"""
         query = {"aid": aid}
@@ -115,10 +118,10 @@ class CrawlOps:
 
 
 # ============================================================================
-def init_crawls_api(app, mdb, crawl_manager, archives):
+def init_crawls_api(app, mdb, crawl_manager, crawl_config_ops, archives):
     """ API for crawl management, including crawl done callback"""
 
-    ops = CrawlOps(mdb, crawl_manager, archives)
+    ops = CrawlOps(mdb, crawl_manager, crawl_config_ops, archives)
 
     archive_crawl_dep = archives.archive_crawl_dep
 
diff --git a/backend/dockerman.py b/backend/dockerman.py
index bb6b2ae2..7b2ef101 100644
--- a/backend/dockerman.py
+++ b/backend/dockerman.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Docker crawl manager
 import tarfile
 import os
 import json
+import time
 import asyncio
 
 from datetime import datetime
@@ -12,9 +13,12 @@ from io import BytesIO
 from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
 
 import aiodocker
+import aioprocessing
 
 from crawls import Crawl
 
+from scheduler import run_scheduler
+
 
 # ============================================================================
 class DockerManager:
@@ -30,10 +34,33 @@ class DockerManager:
         self.archive_ops = archive_ops
         self.crawl_ops = None
 
-        self.loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
-        self.loop.create_task(self.run_event_loop())
-
         self.extra_crawl_params = extra_crawl_params or []
+        self._event_q = None
+
+        self.loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+
+        self.loop.create_task(self.run_event_loop())
+        self.loop.create_task(self.init_trigger_queue())
+        self.loop.create_task(self.cleanup_loop())
+
+    # pylint: disable=no-member
+    async def init_trigger_queue(self):
+        """ Crawl trigger queue from separate scheduling process """
+        self._event_q = aioprocessing.AioQueue()
+        _trigger_q = aioprocessing.AioQueue()
+
+        self.sched = aioprocessing.AioProcess(
+            target=run_scheduler, args=(self._event_q, _trigger_q)
+        )
+        self.sched.start()
+
+        while True:
+            try:
+                result = await _trigger_q.coro_get()
+                self.loop.create_task(self.run_crawl_config(manual=False, **result))
+            # pylint: disable=broad-except
+            except Exception as exc:
+                print(f"Error trigger crawl: {exc}")
 
     async def run_event_loop(self):
         """ Run Docker event loop"""
@@ -49,6 +76,46 @@ class DockerManager:
             if event["Action"] == "die":
                 self.loop.create_task(self._handle_container_die(event["Actor"]))
 
+    async def cleanup_loop(self):
+        """Clean-up any orphaned crawler images that are not running.
+        Stop containers whose crawlTimeout has been exceeded"""
+
+        while True:
+            # cleanup orphaned
+            results = await self.client.containers.list(
+                filters=json.dumps(
+                    {
+                        "label": ["btrix.crawlconfig"],
+                        "status": ["exited"],
+                        "exited": ["1"],
+                    }
+                )
+            )
+
+            for container in results:
+                print(f"Cleaning Up Orphan Container {container['Id']}", flush=True)
+                await container.delete()
+
+            results = await self.client.containers.list(
+                filters=json.dumps(
+                    {
+                        "label": ["btrix.timeout"],
+                        "status": ["running"],
+                    }
+                )
+            )
+
+            for container in results:
+                timeout = int(container["Labels"]["btrix.timeout"])
+                actual = int(time.time()) - int(container["Created"])
+                if actual >= timeout:
+                    print(
+                        f"Crawl {container['Id']} running for {actual} seconds, exceeded timeout {timeout}, stopping..."
+                    )
+                    await container.kill(signal="SIGTERM")
+
+            await asyncio.sleep(30)
+
     def set_crawl_ops(self, ops):
         """ set crawl ops """
         self.crawl_ops = ops
@@ -70,14 +137,17 @@ class DockerManager:
             "btrix.coll": crawlconfig.config.collection,
         }
 
+        if crawlconfig.crawlTimeout:
+            labels["btrix.timeout"] = str(crawlconfig.crawlTimeout)
+
         # Create Config Volume
         volume = await self._create_volume(crawlconfig, labels)
 
         if crawlconfig.schedule:
             print("Scheduling...", flush=True)
 
-            await self._send_sched_msg(
-                {"type": "add", "id": crawlconfig.id, "schedule": crawlconfig.schedule}
+            await self._schedule_update(
+                cid=crawlconfig.id, schedule=crawlconfig.schedule
             )
 
         if crawlconfig.runNow:
@@ -87,22 +157,15 @@ class DockerManager:
                 volume,
             )
 
-    async def update_crawl_config(self, crawlconfig):
-        """ Only updating the schedule + run now """
+    async def update_crawl_schedule(self, cid, schedule):
+        """ Update the schedule for existing crawl config """
 
-        if crawlconfig.schedule:
+        if schedule:
             print("Updating Schedule..", flush=True)
 
-            await self._send_sched_msg(
-                {"type": "add", "id": crawlconfig.id, "schedule": crawlconfig.schedule}
-            )
+            await self._schedule_update(cid=cid, schedule=schedule)
         else:
-            await self._send_sched_msg(
-                {"type": "remove", "id": crawlconfig.id}
-            )
-
-        if crawlconfig.runNow:
-            await self.run_crawl_config(crawlconfig.id)
+            await self._schedule_update(cid=cid, schedule="")
 
     async def list_running_crawls(self, aid):
         """ List running containers for this archive """
@@ -189,13 +252,11 @@ class DockerManager:
 
     async def delete_crawl_config_by_id(self, cid):
         """ Delete Crawl Config by Crawl Config Id"""
-        await self._delete_volume_by_labels(
-            filters={"label": [f"btrix.crawlconfig={cid}"]}
-        )
+        await self._delete_volume_by_labels([f"btrix.crawlconfig={cid}"])
 
     async def delete_crawl_configs_for_archive(self, aid):
         """ Delete Crawl Config by Archive Id"""
-        await self._delete_volume_by_labels(filters={"label": [f"btrix.archive={aid}"]})
+        await self._delete_volume_by_labels([f"btrix.archive={aid}"])
 
     # ========================================================================
     async def _create_volume(self, crawlconfig, labels):
@@ -242,19 +303,25 @@ class DockerManager:
 
         await container.delete()
 
-    async def _delete_volume_by_labels(self, filters):
+    async def _delete_volume_by_labels(self, labels):
         """ Delete Crawl Configs by specified filter """
 
+        containers = await self._list_running_containers(labels)
+        if len(containers):
+            raise Exception("Cannot delete crawl config, in use for running crawl")
+
         # pylint: disable=protected-access
         resp = await self.client._query_json(
-            "volumes", method="GET", params={"filters": json.dumps(filters)}
+            "volumes",
+            method="GET",
+            params={"filters": json.dumps({"label": labels})},
         )
 
         for volume in resp["Volumes"]:
             vol_obj = aiodocker.docker.DockerVolume(self.client, volume["Name"])
 
-            await self._send_sched_msg(
-                {"type": "remove", "id": volume["Labels"]["btrix.crawlconfig"]}
+            await self._schedule_update(
+                cid=volume["Labels"]["btrix.crawlconfig"], schedule=""
             )
 
             try:
@@ -263,13 +330,8 @@ class DockerManager:
             except:
                 print("Warning: Volume Delete Failed, Container in Use", flush=True)
 
-    async def _send_sched_msg(self, msg):
-        reader, writer = await asyncio.open_connection("scheduler", 9017)
-        writer.write(json.dumps(msg).encode("utf-8") + b"\n")
-        await writer.drain()
-        await reader.readline()
-        writer.close()
-        await writer.wait_closed()
+    async def _schedule_update(self, cid, schedule=""):
+        await self._event_q.coro_put({"cid": cid, "schedule": schedule})
 
     # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
     async def _run_crawl_now(self, storage, labels, volume, schedule="", manual=True):
diff --git a/backend/k8sman.py b/backend/k8sman.py
index 7fce030f..911f334a 100644
--- a/backend/k8sman.py
+++ b/backend/k8sman.py
@@ -169,10 +169,8 @@ class K8SManager:
 
         return cron_job
 
-    async def update_crawl_config(self, crawlconfig):
-        """ Update existing crawl config """
-
-        cid = crawlconfig.id
+    async def update_crawl_config(self, cid, schedule):
+        """ Update the schedule for existing crawl config """
 
         cron_jobs = await self.batch_beta_api.list_namespaced_cron_job(
             namespace=self.namespace, label_selector=f"btrix.crawlconfig={cid}"
@@ -183,57 +181,20 @@ class K8SManager:
 
         cron_job = cron_jobs.items[0]
 
-        if crawlconfig.archive != cron_job.metadata.labels["btrix.archive"]:
-            return
+        real_schedule = schedule or DEFAULT_NO_SCHEDULE
 
-        labels = {
-            "btrix.user": crawlconfig.user,
-            "btrix.archive": crawlconfig.archive,
-            "btrix.crawlconfig": cid,
-        }
+        if real_schedule != cron_job.spec.schedule:
+            cron_job.spec.schedule = real_schedule
+            cron_job.spec.suspend = not schedule
 
-        # Update Config Map
-        config_map = self._create_config_map(crawlconfig, labels)
-
-        await self.core_api.patch_namespaced_config_map(
-            name=f"crawl-config-{cid}", namespace=self.namespace, body=config_map
-        )
-
-        # Update CronJob, if needed
-        suspend, schedule, run_now = self._get_schedule_suspend_run_now(crawlconfig)
-
-        changed = False
-
-        if schedule != cron_job.spec.schedule:
-            cron_job.spec.schedule = schedule
-            changed = True
-
-        if suspend != cron_job.spec.suspend:
-            cron_job.spec.suspend = suspend
-            changed = True
-
-        if (
-            crawlconfig.crawlTimeout
-            != cron_job.spec.job_template.spec.active_deadline_seconds
-        ):
-            cron_job.spec.job_template.spec.active_deadline_seconds = (
-                crawlconfig.crawlTimeout
-            )
-            changed = True
-
-        if changed:
             cron_job.spec.job_template.metadata.annotations[
                 "btrix.run.schedule"
-            ] = crawlconfig.schedule
+            ] = schedule
 
             await self.batch_beta_api.patch_namespaced_cron_job(
                 name=cron_job.metadata.name, namespace=self.namespace, body=cron_job
             )
 
-        # Run Job Now
-        if run_now:
-            await self._create_run_now_job(cron_job)
-
     async def run_crawl_config(self, cid, manual=True, schedule=""):
         """ Run crawl job for cron job based on specified crawlconfig id (cid) """
         cron_jobs = await self.batch_beta_api.list_namespaced_cron_job(
diff --git a/backend/main.py b/backend/main.py
index 9bab8b49..a82b5bbc 100644
--- a/backend/main.py
+++ b/backend/main.py
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ class BrowsertrixAPI:
             )
 
         self.crawl_config_ops = init_crawl_config_api(
-            self.app,
             self.mdb,
             current_active_user,
             self.archive_ops,
@@ -86,6 +85,7 @@ class BrowsertrixAPI:
             self.app,
             self.mdb,
             self.crawl_manager,
+            self.crawl_config_ops,
             self.archive_ops,
         )
 
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 5f040aa3..b58e21bd 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ aiofiles
 kubernetes-asyncio
 aiodocker
 apscheduler
+aioprocessing
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 1d5c7d63..d1caba5b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -18,17 +18,6 @@ services:
       - mongo
       - scheduler
 
-  scheduler:
-    build: ./backend
-    image: webrecorder/browsertrix-api
-    command: python -u scheduler.py
-
-    env_file:
-      - ./config.env
-
-    depends_on:
-      - mongo
-
   mongo:
     image: mongo
     volumes: